FOURTH ANNUAL PARADE, 1906. 



MONEY PRIZES, 



jS was announced some months ago, money prizes will be 

 awarded if the funds in the treasury are sufficient for that 

 purpose; but at the date of the printing of this catalogue it 

 seems probable that the funds will not be sufficient, except 

 of course in the case of the special prizes. There is a great 

 increase of expenditure this year on account of the additional 

 ribbons and the brass medals mentioned below. 



RIBBONS AND MEDALS, 



In the parade of 1906, a change will be made in the method of 

 awarding the ribbons, and every entry which is thought worthy of being 

 in the parade will receive something. The horses will be distributed in 

 classes, as in previous years, according to the business in which the}' are 

 used, and the only competition will be between the horses in each class. 

 In each class so man}' ribbons will be awarded as there are entries; but 

 these ribbons will be divided into four grades, equal, or nearly equal in 

 number, namely, first, second, third and fourth. Each entry in a class 

 will be graded and assigned to the first, second, third or fourth grade, and 

 will be given a ribbon accordingly: blue for the first, red for the second, 

 yellow for the third, white for the fourth. These ribbons are intended to 

 be the property of the drivers. 



In addition, either at the parade, or a few day's later, a brass medal, 

 properly marked, will be given to each winner of a blue ribbon. These 

 medals are intended to be attached to the harness and worn every day as 

 a permanent decoration; and it is believed that they will be eagerly 

 sought and highly prized. The medal will belong to the owner of the 

 horse, and it will be considered a breach of faith if he attaches a medal 

 to any horse except the one to whom it was awarded. 



