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be found in arrangement. I knew who the ex- 
hibitors were, as I had seen them, but I did not 
the least know which stand belonged to each. 
Their style was the same, as they had been brought 
up in the same school, and they were well known 
as at that time of very nearly equal strength. Yet 
one must have the cup and the other get no prize 
at all. In my perplexity I mounted on the central 
table in the tent, and took a careful bird’s-eye view, 
holding on by the pole. This confirmed me in my 
previous idea that there was the slight shade of 
difference that I had noticed at my second attempt: 
I gave my judgment accordingly, and was most 
sincerely pleased when I found the loser was quite 
satisfied. I have since, on two or three occasions, 
found the bird’s-eye view useful compared with the 
view of the depth of the blooms from the level of 
the trays. 
Another very equal case was in a class for seventy- 
two at a Northern show. I had the proper number 
of two coadjutors this time, one being a very expe- 
rienced and able Rosarian, and the other a local 
man who was generally discreetly silent. We pointed 
through both the best stands without any disagree- 
ment except in the case of one bloom, where I was 
for three points and my experienced friend for one 
only. The third judge opened his mouth for the 
first and only time, and gave his voice against me. 
That decided the principal prize of the show, for we 
found only one point of difference between the two 
stands of seventy-two each, and if my view of that 
one bloom had been acted on, the other seventy-two 
would have won by one point. 
The silent judge played his part and did what was 
