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9. The Horse Play Contests 



1. Horse mounting contest, judged by skill, largest 

 number of mountings in five minutes and showing of kind- 

 ness to animal in mounting. 



2. Horse judging contest, driving contest in single, 

 double, or four-horse team. 



3. Oral story, giving the life history of the horse. 



4. Essay writing contest on the subject: "The Horse 

 and Its Relation to Agriculture." 



5. Recipe and remedy giving contest, showing the 

 proper methods of treatment for unsounclness, defects, blem- 

 ishes and vices of the horse. 



6. Description and recognition of defects and blemishes 

 with causes. 



10. Colt Club Project 



The object of organizing a colt club is to get boys and 

 girls interested in the raising and proper management of 

 colts as an economic factor on the farm. The work should 

 cover a period of not less than twelve months in the man- 

 agement, feeding and keeping of records of a colt. The 

 basis of award should be as follows : 



1. Management shown by training of colt 25 



2. The cost of keeping 25 



3. Condition of the colt or horse 25 



4. Story of "My Year's Work with the Colt" 25 



Total score.. 100 



