and the five Championship classes, are judged by tw(j Judges for each 

 class who inspect the horses, and see t^em move. The other classes, com- 

 prising about four-fifths of the Parade, are judged by two sets of Judges 

 in the following manner: — 



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

 stand, with a distance of twenty feet between each entry. 



Two veterinarians are stationed about fift}' yards down the line, 

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

 the horses as they approach, halt them if necessary, and shunt oft" from 

 the line any that are lame. 



If the owner or driver of a horse thus shunted ofT thinks that a mis- 

 take has been made, he may ask the veterinarians to test his horse again, 

 and in that case the veterinarians will give the horse another trial later. 



Those entries not excluded for lameness proceed at a w^alk, and are 

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

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

 moment, if necessary, and look them over, and then decide on the grade of 

 ribbon which the entry is to receive, — or decide that the entry is to receive 

 nothing; and their decision, w^ithout announcing it to the driver, is tele- 

 phoned by an assistant to the reviewing-stand. Each entry carries a num- 

 ber corresponding with the number in the catalogue, so that this can 

 easily be done. 



This plan has worked successfully for two years. 



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. 



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