NOTICE TO SPECTATORS. 



In many cases imperfections, not always visible to spectators at the reviewing 

 stand, very properly prohibit the giving of a prize or a ribbon of hi^h grade to a par- 

 ticular horse. The horses pass the reviewing stand at a walk, and at that gait a slight 

 lameness would not be disclosed, whereas the Judges would have detected it when the 

 horses were shown to them at a trot. Moreover, defects in harnessing, sores or galls 

 under the harness, and other imperfections, not always apparent, frequently exclude a 

 fine horse, or team of horses, from high hor.ors. It should be remembered, too, that 

 in this Exhibition age counts in favor of a horse, and green horses are discriminated 

 against. 



THE JUDGES, 



If the principles upon which the prizes are awarded be kept in mind, the Asso- 

 ciation believes that there will be very little dissatisfaction with the decisions of the 

 Judges. Increasing care lias been taken each year in the selection of them, and the As- 

 sociation is confident that its Judges now form a band of men as competent and im- 

 partial as could be secured. Their arduous and difficult services are rendered without 

 ccuupensation, although many of them come from distant points, and the Association 

 hereby expresses its gratitude for their generous assistance. 



