BREEDERS OF HORSES. IO7 



those it is not necessary to make a distinction unless there is a 

 large number. For the present make a classification for the 

 Shire and the Clyde, and for the Percheron and the Xorman. 

 Then if there is a Belgian horse that comes nto the country, offer 

 a special prize for him. Make a class for the farmer's horse, and 

 offer a good premium for the farmer that will produce the best 

 farm team, or the best single carriage horse. Offer a premium 

 for coach horses that are purely bred and for a coach team inde- 

 pendent of the breeding. IMake your premium list large enough. 

 The most successful fairs that I have ever known are those that 

 have the largest premium lists. Too many fair managers say 

 that they cannot afford it. I am here to say that you can afford 

 it. No fair ever went to the wall that had a good, extended pre- 

 mium list for useful articles. Alake it general. 



Now we come to the judging. x\n expert judge has been 

 spoken of. In the horse class it is harder work to find an expert 

 judge than you may think. Too many fair managers think that 

 if they find an expert horseman he is all right to judge horses. 

 A man may be an expert horseman and know practically nothing 

 about the fine qualities of the horse. He can handle a horse that 

 is a little untractable, and has been a success in breeding up a 

 horse for the market, and yet as a judge he is sadly lacking. 

 Again, he may be a judge of the standard bred or trotting horse, 

 and have but little knowledge of the horse for carriage or coach 

 purposes, and vice versa. The same is true in the line of the 

 draft horse. A man who may be an admirer of that class, and 

 skilled in the fine points of the draft animal, does not know any- 

 thing really about the points of a standard bred horse. So it 

 is essential, as has already been indicated, to have a competent 

 man for every class. If Farmer A brings something to the fair 

 and competes with B and C and is defeated, it is his right, it is 

 his privilege, it is his duty to ask of that judge wherein he is 

 deficient, and it is the duty of that judge to be skilled enough so 

 that he can answer the question intelligibly. Then he will know 

 the reason for his failure. 



In regard to the question of entertainment, give the horse trot 

 if you will, enough so that people who love the sport can come 

 and see it, but in preference to that encourage the farmer who 

 is breeding the horse of ability and build up that industry; 

 encourage him to come to the fair with his breeding stock and 



