Greer underwent treatment prostate cancer June 28 and is doing fine but unable to attend this year. The Rough Riders continued their legacy with another win in the drill team competition for their 17 win in that event. Then Wednesday morning, the Harris County Texas Tradition continued their dominance of the Precision Team event. They won in 1998 and 1999. The 1,315 entries of the Open Show portion of the 4-H Horse Show mostly cleared out Wednesday to make room for the Qualifying Show's 1,284 youngsters.
Numbers are interesting.
While entries are up 56 over last year with the year 2000 totaling 2,599, the total number of students on hand is down 44 from last year for a 2000 total of 891 boys and girls. That makes for an average of 2.9 events per student. Figures released by the Management Team at Sunday's meeting listed 1,103 horses expected for the week-long show. Harris Texas 2-Steppers, 156.5. Matthew Martin, Brazos.