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Second. Each division of horses should be brought promptly 

 at the appointed time to the judges' stand, and so far as practi- 

 cable, examined and tried there. It would also add to the 

 interest of the exhibition, if the chairman of each committee 

 were provided with ribbons of various colors, to be attached to 

 the premium horses, as soon as a decision is made. In order 

 that the track be cleared and the several classes be examined at 

 the time specified, the chief marshal should have the entire 

 control of the exhibition, and act with much promptness and 

 energy. 



Third. All horses entered for premiums should be properly 

 located on the ground according to their respective classes, and 

 when not under examination by the committee, should be in 

 their places throughout the day, or, at least, until the hour for 

 dinner. 



Fourth. All horses in the division called family horses should 

 be regarded as single carriage horses, and should not be driven 

 for trial at a speed exceeding a mile in four minutes. They 

 should be estimated rather by their size, style and docility than 

 by their speed. 



Fifth. The division of travelling horses might, with equal 

 propriety, be named roadsters, or gentlemen's driving horses, 

 and should include all horses which, whether single or in pairs, 

 are driven for exhibition at a rate exceeding a mile in four 

 minutes. In order that their real merit as roadsters be 

 distinctly proved, they should be driven, not in sulkies or skel- 

 eton wagons, but in such vehicles as are ordinarily used on the 

 road, and should go for trial two and a half miles in ten minutes 

 or less. 



Sixth. Premiums should be offered for the fastest walking, 

 both by single horses and by pairs. The real value of the horse 

 for any business is greatly enhanced by the ability to walk 

 rapidly, and as this pace may be much improved by careful 

 training, the exhibition of the best and fastest walkers would be 

 both pleasing and instructive. 



Finally, premiums should be given for the best trained or 

 most highly educated horses — those that can perform the most 

 surprising feats, or can be best managed by the voice only, or 

 manifest the least fear of guns, drums, papers, umbrellas and 

 other startling objects. The exhibition of such horses is always 



