A veterinary surgeon will be stationed about 50 yards down the line, 

 and the light horses will approach him at a slow trot, the heavy horses 

 at a walk. He will inspect them as they come toward him, will halt them 

 if necessary, and will shunt off from the line any that are lame. Those 

 not so removed will proceed at a walk, and will be judged by two experts 

 stationed 50 yards further toward the reviewing-stand. They will " size 

 up " the horses as they approach, will halt them for a moment, if necessary, 

 and will then decide on the grade of ribbon which the entry is to receive, — 

 or will decide that the entry is to receive nothing; and their decision, 

 without announcing it to the driver, will be telephoned by an assistant 

 to the reviewing-stand. Each entry carries a number corresponding with 

 the number in the catalogue, so that this can easily be done. Printed tags 

 will be on hand, to be affixed to each entry, — but only for use in case some 

 accident should happen to the telephone. In this way it is believed that the 

 judging will be more uniform and satisfactory, and much time will be saved. 



NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC 



Is it not possible, we are often asked, for a man to have a few good- 

 looking horses in the Parade, while at home he has five or ten times as 

 many in poor condition? We answer, no. We reserve the right to inspect 

 all the horses in the stable of an applicant for a place in the Parade; and 

 every year we exclude many entries on the ground that the owner's treat- 

 ment of his horses in general is not humane. In other cases, when the treat- 

 ment of the owner's horses is good in most respects, but not up to the 

 standard in others, we request the owner to make such reforms as are 

 needed; and it is very seldom that he refuses. 



The advertising value of a place in the Parade is now very great, 

 and we intend that no inhumane owner of a horse shall have the benefit of it. 



The Public may take the presence of a horse in this Parade 

 as an assurance that the owner is a humane man in his treatment 

 of horses generally. 



Our judges are selected upon the same principle. 



