The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-01
1OO-Mile Trail Ride
 To Be Held As Usual
7tI Annual Event of Green Mountain Horse AssOcia-
 tiOn Not CprtaiIed By War

Another thing that attracts riders is the splendid sporting attitude of all the contestants. You will find girls in their teens and grand mothers in their forties CD, boys and gray haired men, farmers and bankers, stenographers and execu- tives, doctors and lawyers-men and women from every walk of life. They are all on equal footing in this ride and there is an air of good fellowship and cooperation that Is evidenced in no other sport ing activity we have ever seen.
 There will be two classes again this year, a light and heavyweight. The lightweight division will be for those horses whose riders, with tack, weigh between 155 and 1s5 pounds, inclusive. The heavyweight division Is for those riders who, with their equipment, weigh 185 or more pounds. A rider, with saddle, bridle and blanket must weight mini mum of 155 pounds or carry enough dead weight to make up the de- ficiency. Any rider can get into the heavyweight division by carrying sufficient weight to amount to 185 pounds, SO the light ones can choose their own division.
 The course will be over some of Vermont'S most beautiful riding trails, with the finest footing to be found anywhere. There Is great variety of going, from long level stretches where brisk trotting can be indulged in to stiff climbs where the condition of the horse will be tested.
 This ride is not planned as a horse-killing event. We do not want 1t 50 tough that only professional riders and horses with months of conditioning can enter. Our pur- pose in laying out the course and conducting the ride is to have it severe enough to test the soundnesS and fitness of an ordinary good sad dle horse that has been intelligently conditioned and ridden. We feel that any good rider who will spend month or six weeks in condition ing his horse and who has 8 sound horse to begin with, can enter this ride and give good account of himself. Do not attempt to ride, however, if you are not able to get your horse and self into proper con- dition. It would be an unpleasant experience for you and might do your horse a great deal of harm.
 A jerson competing in his first ride will have one of the pleas antest experiences of his life. He will learn more about horSeman- ship and more about his own mount than he possibly could from any other test. He will have 8 greater appreciation and regard for his horse after the ride, and he will have met some of the finest people that any sporting event has ever brought together. ~
 The first two days ride of forty miles will be to the south of Wood- stock, the second days ride to the north and the twenty miles of the third day will end at Upwey Oval in South Woodstock. Horses will leave the stables between 6:30 and TOO in the morning and will re- turn between 1:30 and 200 p. m on the first two days. On Satur- day morning, they will finish at the Upwey Oval between 10:00 and 10:30. Judging win be completed im- mediately afterwards and the award ing of prizes will take place in the ring after luncheon.
 Treat yourself to 8 real vacation this year and come up to Vermont for Horse Week. Address the Green Mountain Horse Association, Service Building, Rutland, Vt., for entry blanks, conditions, prize lists and ohter information concerning thii event.