Care and Training of Trotters (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1915. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Chapter VII--The Shoes Worn by Colts of 1911 to 1914. BY ARTHUR C. THOMAS. Note--The following is a new chanter added to the second edition of "Care and Training of Trotters and Pacers." The chapter is made up largely of matter appearing in Chapter VI of the first edition, but has been enlarged, rearranged, rewritten and information added concerning the shoeing of the 1914 colts.] HE shoeing of the fastest colt trotters of each year is always a matter of interest to horsemen, and is also a valuable index to the gradual changes in the farrier's art. In the Christmas numbers of "The Horseman," from 1911 to 1914, a widely read feature was the annual article on "How the Babies of the Year Were Shod." From these articles we have compiled the following tables. The first column of figures gives weight of toe weight (if any), second column weight of front shoes, third column angle of front feet, fourth column length of front feet, fifth column weight of hind shoes, sixth column angle of hind feet, seventh column length of hind feet. Table I--Trotters. Yearling Trotter of 1912. Th)ee-Year-Old Trotters of 1911. Wt. Wt. Ang. Lgth. Toe front front front wt. shoe. feet. feet. Atlantic Express, 2:08%. o 5% 49 3% Belrne Holt 3 8 49 3% Box, 2:24% a ... 50 414 Burt Axworthy, 2:15%... 0 5% 48 3% Fay Kirk. 2:15% 3 8 53 3% Gustavo, 2:18% 0 6 47 3% Jack Swift, 2:10% 3 8 49 3% Justice Brooke, 2:08%... 2 7 48 3% Mamie Guy. 2:16% 0 7 45 3% Margaret Parrish, 2:08%. C '7 46 * Mightellion, 2:19% 3 8 50 3% Miss Stokes, 2:08% 3 8 48 3% Peter Thompson, 2:07%.. 3 8 48 3% Three-Year-Old Trotters of 1912. Adlon. 2:07% 2 7% 47 3% Baldy McGregor. 2:06%.. * 8 47 3% Brighton B., 2:11% 3 8 48 3% King Clansman. 2:18%... * 6 52 3% Mahomet Watts, 2:10 * 9 49 3% Manrico, 2:07% 0 4% 50 3% Mediu...