HORSE-SHOW MANAGEMENTS 199 



certificate, and on payment of three dollars will re- 

 ceive a championship medal." 



Now that all horse shows of any account are under 

 the control of a central body like the Association of 

 American Horse Shows, this plan could be adopted 

 quite easily with but few changes in our present 

 programme. Then and then only would the word 

 "champion" affixed to the name of a show horse mean 

 as much as it does when seen attached to that of a 

 show dog. 



