lOO THE MERRY GEE-GEE 



sees, and I can vouch for this case, as I 

 saw it myself this summer : At a certain 

 show there was a class for hunters on 

 the first day, in which A was placed 

 first, and B second, B also taking a first 

 in another class in which A was not 

 entered. Next day, with the same judges, 

 there was a medal or cup for the best 

 of the prize-winners in all classes. They 

 placed B first and A second. As the 

 blackguardly costermonger remarked when 

 his nicely arranged load of vegetables 

 was overturned by a passing hansom, 

 " Well, there zs no name for this lot ! " I 

 suppose the most charitable construction 

 one can place on such a decision is that 

 A had passed a bad night. 



When you are showing hunters in a 

 ring, be careful to be guided by this 

 golden rule : keep one eye on your horse, 

 and the other on the judges. Never 



