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( Continued from page 76) neither were first on the Referee’ s Card, you would find which was first anywhere on his list and they would still be tied in that order. Now, mark off 297 on all three cards. For second place you have 248( now on the top of Shaw’ s card) and 248 at the top of McChesney’ s card. Since the Judge’ s Cards agree, the Referee’ s Card is not needed. 248 is the second place winner. Mark it off all cards. If you have marked off the numbers 297 and 248 on all cards, the next two numbers will 1142 and 5 on the two Judge’ s Cards. Again go to the Referee’ s Card to break the tie. 1142 is the first number in line, making 1142 the third place winner. Just follow this procedure until you have tied ten places.
When you spend much time tying these cards you will understand why even the judges have no idea, when they tie a class, how the ribbons will be called. Unless they judges are somewhat in agreement, they are sometimes the most amazed ones at the show with the results. This class was closer in agreement on the majority of the horses than most classes are. The first place winner received two firsts and one second. However, the second place horse was first, second, and fifth on the Referee’ s Card. Some observers have pointed out that this was very difficult because 248 was tied fifth by the referee after being in a four-horse workout. There are differences of opinion as to whether one may tie a horse down and out of a small workout. This is one of the things that we have no definite rules about in the Walking Horse business. Number 5 had one fourth and two third places and tied fourth, while number 1142 had a third, a fourth and a second, and tied third. 1557 had a fifth and an eighth and did not even place on one Judge’ s Card, yet tied fifth in the final results. The system can get pretty confusing if you spend much time tabulating the cards.
The VOICE prints the Judge’ s Cards in full for every class of the Celebration in our September / October issue. If you will spend some time with a pencil and these cards, you will enjoy the Celebration with a different depth of understanding.
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