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not trained unless they are to be taken to show, and at the latter stud 
they are also subjected to the same ordeal if to be fitted for sale. 
As to other training given to foals other than to lead, the Lefebures and 
Thompson emphasizes the necessity of teaching them to mind the groom 
at all times when being handled. Stericker brings out that foals should 
also be taught to stand tied, and Sanborn points to the importance of 
handling their feet. At the Michigan Agricultural College foals are also 
accustomed to have their feet handled, and, besides, they are taught to 
come to the door of the boxstall to be bridled. Good says that colts should 
also be taught to lead at the walk and trot, and, furthermore, they should 
be trained to stand. Henderson insists on a like procedure, and adds that 
colts should also be taught kindness. Besides leading the foal Raboin 
states that the groom should also be able “to handle their feet while 
trimming and paring same.” At the Chestnut Farms other training which 
foals get include the holding of the head to stand, walk, and trot, all to 
be executed properly. According to Kiddoo, the foal should also be accus¬ 
tomed to grooming. Holbert says that foals need no other training unless 
they are to be shown, and in this regard foals at the Rookwood Farm are 
taught to pose if they are to be taken to show. 
Seven stud farms—the Thompsondale Farm, Hayfield Farm, Raboin 
Pioneer Homestead Farm, Oakdale Farm, Truman’s Pioneer Homestead 
Farm, Pentoila Stock Farm, and Ritchie Stock Farm—start their fillies in 
harness as 2-year-olds and the same is true of fillies in the Central Ken¬ 
tucky Farms. Edmonds, Serven and Trowbridge believe that this should 
not be done until they are past 2 years old. White mentions that fillies 
at the Selma Farm are not put to harness until they are 2% years of age 
and at Purdue University at the age of 2Vz to 3 years. At Cornell Uni¬ 
versity and Lefebure Sons’ Co., fillies are harnessed for the first time at 
2 to 3 years old. Stericker puts it at the same period. The greater num¬ 
ber of breeding establishments, among those reporting, bear out that at 
3 years should be the age at which to commence the fillies on the harness. 
This report comes from the Arngibbon Farm, Iowa State College, Thos. 
Kiddoo Farm, Holbert Farms, Rookwood Farm, Longview Stock Farm, 
G. Andrews & Son, Lakewood Farm, Santa Anita Rancho, Gossard Breed¬ 
ing Estates, White Oak Stock Farm, Oaklawn Farm, Maple Lawn Farm, 
Irvinedale Farm, Woodside Farm, University of Minnesota, University of 
Wisconsin, 18 stud farms in all. Pallister believes in extending the period 
of harnessing the filly until she is 3 to 4 years old. 
The clipping of a colt’s coat is nowhere practiced among the 28 stud 
farms answering, and Hooper states that it is also not done at the Cen¬ 
tral Kentucky Farms. But at the Maple Lawn Farm the hair of show 
colts is clipped once in summer. 
The trimming of a colt’s feet is not a regular routine, but rather an occa¬ 
sional job which is attended whenever the condition of the hoof demands 
it. This is the answer obtained from several stud farms, including the 
Hayfield Farm, J. H. Serven & Son, Purdue University, University of Wis¬ 
consin, White Oak Stock Farm, Thompsondale Farm, University of Mis¬ 
souri, Truman’s Pioneer Farm, Cornell University, Ritchie Stock Farm, 
Waddington Farm, and Maple Lawn Farm. At the Pentoila Stock Farm 
and Central Kentucky Farms colt’s hoofs are also trimmed. At the Hol¬ 
bert Farms and Rookwood Farm, however, this practice is not followed, 
Holbert stating that plenty of exercise wears them dorwn. Other farms 
specify the intervals at which the hoofs of their colts are trimmed, and, in 
some cases, the time at which hoof trimming commences is also men¬ 
tioned. These are indicated below: 
farms 
BEGINNING AND INTERVALS OF HOOF 
TRIMMING 
Chestnut Farms 
Gossard Breeding Estates 
Every 30 days. 
3 or 4 times a year. 
