SYSTEM OF JUDGING 



Those classes in which special prizes are awarded, namely, Fire De- 

 partments, Old Horses, Reconstructed Horses, Four-Horse Teams, Owners 

 and Foremen's Runabout Horses, Barrel-Racks, Hucksters, Local Expresses, 

 and the five Championship classes, will be judged as formerly, that is, by 

 two Judges for each class, w^ho will inspect the horses, and see them move. 

 The other classes, comprising about four-fifths of the Parade, w^ill be judged 

 by one set of Judges in the following manner: — 



As soon as the classes are in order, they w^ill start toward the reviewing- 

 stand, w^ith a distance of twenty feet between each entry. 



Two veterinarians will be stationed about fifty yards down the line, 

 and the horses will approach them at a slow trot. The veterinarians 

 will inspect the horses as they approach, will halt them if necessary, and 

 will shunt off from the line any that are lame. 



If the owner or driver thinks that a mistake has been made, he may 

 ask the veterinarians to test his horse again, and in that case the veterin- 

 arians will give the horse another trial later. 



Those not excluded for lameness will proceed at a walk, and will be 

 judged by two experts stationed fifty yards further toward the reviewing- 

 stand. They will " size up " the horses as they approach, will halt them 

 for a moment, if necessary, and look them over, and w^ill then decide on 

 the grade of ribbon which the entry is to receive, — or w^ill 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. 



This plan was tried last year and worked so successfully that it will be 

 adopted again this year. 



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. 



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