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 honors. It should be 

 remembered, too, that in this Exhibition age counts in favor of a horse, 

 and that green horses are discriminated against. 



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, are judged by two Judges for each 

 class who inspect the horses, and see them 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, wath a distance of twenty feet between each entry. 



Two veterinarians are stationed about fifty 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 off from 

 the line any that are lame. 



If the owner or driver of a honse thus shunted off 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 walk, 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, without 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 three years. 



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