SHOWING HORSES 



Horses travel best by express, and should 

 always be well bandaged, and protected, as to the 

 crown of the head, from bruises, by placing a pad 

 over the brow, while the tail should be carefully 

 bandaged that it may not be disfigured by rub- 

 bing or charing. 



Watch your men carefully, that not only may 

 they do their work properly, but that they may 

 give no cause to public or officials for complaint. 

 You are responsible for the appearance and man- 

 ners of your servants, and should carefully arrange 

 that they are beyond reproach. 



Above all things, never expect to win, but 

 treat losing as an essential of the game. Anybody 

 can win gracefully. If thus prepared for defeat 

 your occasional successes will prove doubly grate- 

 ful ; if the reverse obtains, your losses will be 

 hard to bear, your winnings never compensatory, 

 you will find the amusement an irksome task, and 

 quickly degenerate into a leading member of that 

 huge body of hard losers and " chronic kickers " 

 which no sport has so ably developed as the in- 

 adequately expensive game of horse showing. 



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