The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-01-24

Belmont / alwa5s broke them ABOUT tho
middle OF July, that is, got them accustomed
to saddle. bride and bit. | never bothered
with q roller or breaking tackle, but would
put q bride on at once, take the colt out of
the stable and put a boy right up. NV
favorite practice WAS to take them as soon
az they arrived-when they were pretty we'll
tired ont with ttavellnq-and give them
their first lesson. just as soon as we got
them Off the cars | would have & bride put
on and a boy put up. and usually they. were
30 tired they couldn't raiss much OF a fuss,
and would take things calmly and give in.
| always gave them four or five weeks
work, t%rotting and cantering, and, in all,
about three months training bsfore they
wers tried. Hurrying Foungsters is. in my
opinion, apt to make them crazy. They can't
stand it. They get worked up and ner-
vous. and if YOU hurry them right along at
their work they get no chance to quiet
down.. If they are broken in the middle of
July. 4 good time to try them is the latter
part of October. | always tried them thor
oughly as yearilngs so ss to weed out those
that didn't give good promise of being race
horses. [ usually tried them two or three
times at three-eiehths of Il mile and after
that I'd breeze them along for q half two
or three times. If the first trial didn't sat
isfy me Pd give them a rest of a day and
try them again, and il that didn't do. /
would wait three or four days or maybe Il
week and try them again. OF course, the
track makes all the difference in the world
In q trial, but on a good fast track a good
ysarllng should go in thlrty-seven seconds.
The best trial | ever had was in thirty-Bix
seconds, over our track at Babylon (Mr.
Belrnont's farm, done By a flly that was
sent abroad, Magnolia, by Tha Ill-Used, out
of Magnetism. She carried l22 pounds. I
find that a colt that can show a trial in
thirty seven seconds can generally beat a
FLY racing. After I've tried them / let
up on them and turn them out for tie
winter. ALWAYS take their shoes off-off
all the horses, old and Young. 1t is bene-
tclal TO thor feet, giving them q chance TO
spread ana grow.
AS to buckina-it is better for Their ghins
to buck while they are vearlings; they
get sore sooner or later, anyhow, and it is
just as we'll TO act all the little troubles and
hlndrances one can over before the racing
begins. If their Sims threaten to buck be-
fore they have been tried, | put a little
iodine or a light blister of some sort on To
take the sofcnes out and tide them along
till they have been tried. II they got very
sore, however, it is best to stop them, for tc
continue working them with sore shine
makes them bad tempered, and the temne1
OF a colt IS an important thing to guard.
After they are tried ] blister their shins
thoroughly, when they are turned out.
| take up my horses end begin GETTING
them ready aiong from the first to the if
teenth of January, usually about the first
for | put great faith III u long preparation
1t Eets their flesh hard md substantial, aut
when they are put III hard training the,
don't lose flesh So fast.
Whom | take them up I trot and cante
Thorn at first, always giving them their ex.
erciss outdoors, instead of under cover
when the weather permits. As tho spring
advances | work them faster aad further
but the amount of work to give any hors
depends entirely on the horse. One mus
take his disposition and constitution int,
consideration. No two horses can b
trained just alike: it Is the Individual yo,
must train. Some horses require u erea
deal of work to fit them for racing and
great deal to keep them fit, and others re
quire very little.
When they arc in racing condition
don't think it is well to ask too much of
horse IN the way of trials before his races
They don't need go much strong work, an
a trainer frequently makes the mistake @
having his horse run his race in the trial
Unless q horse is gross and sluggish, whe
he is racing twice a week he won't fequir
much exercise beyond trotting and cnnter