best four-horse team in the Parade, provided also that the driver takes 

 care of his horses. There are second and third prizes in this Class. 



Other special prizes, consisting of gold and silver medals and sums 

 of money, are offered in the Veteran Driver, Old Horse, and other classes 

 by the following: Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty 

 to Animals, American Humane Education Society, Animal Rescue League, 

 Red Acre Farm, Miss Julia H. Worthington, John W. Whitney, W. D. 

 Quimby, George W. Harrington, F. L. Jordan, James Forgie's Sons. The 

 M. S. P. C. A. also offers money prizes for the drivers of the best four and 

 six horse teams wearing open bridles. 



DRIVING COMPETITION 



A Driving Competition for four-horse and six-horse teams will be held 

 in or near Commonwealth Avenue while the judging is taking place. 

 Entries for this competition need not be made beforehand. The first 

 prize will be a silver medal, to go to the driver. 



U. S. MAIL AND LETTER CARRIERS 



There is a class for those Letter Carriers in the Boston District who 

 have horses. These men are poorly paid by the Post Office Department, 

 and their horses make a poor showing. 



There is also this year a class for Parcel Post horses. These horses, 

 as a rule, are, throughout the whole country, a disgrace to the United States 

 government. This is true indeed of the mail horses generally in the United 

 States. The regulations of the Post Office Department and the provisions 

 in the mail contracts are strict enough, but the officials of the Department 

 do not enforce them. A really humane Postmaster General could and would 

 change all this in a month. 



In Boston, the present Mail Contractor, w^e are glad to say, has fine 

 horses and keeps them in the best condition ; but he has nothing to do with 

 the Parcel Post horses or with the Letter Carriers' horses. 



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 high grade to a particular horse. The horses pass the reviewing-stand 



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