THE SHOW HORSE 



THERE are not many men fond of horses 

 who do not at some time or another 

 fancy they have got something a httle 

 out of the common in their stable. As a natural 

 consequence they send him to some show to see 

 if other people hold a similar opinion. They 

 generally find that other people have a directly 

 opposite opinion to their own, and then if they 

 are wise, they will, unless they are really good 

 judges and they are sure of their ground, give up 

 showing until they have more promising material 

 to work with. 



By which of course I do not mean that if a 

 man shows a horse and he is beaten he is never 

 to show him again. That, if the horse has the 

 slightest pretensions to being a show horse, 

 would be a childish policy to pursue. But if, 

 when he sees his horse alongside others an owner 

 discovers that he has made a mistake and that 

 he has overestimated his horse's pretensions, the 

 sooner he gives practical effect to his disillusion 

 the better it will be for his pocket. 



He has of course the alternative of showing at 

 local or district shows but even here, especially 



in the Northern and Eastern counties, his chance 



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