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Northville Junior Horse Show At Downs Track on June 1 DETROIT, Mich., May 21.— The North,-ville Junior Horse Show will open the seasons Horse Show circuit at the Korthville Downs track in Northville on Sunday, June 1, from"ll:00 a. m„ to 8:30 p. m. . All types of horses and horsemanship will be represented in the 30 classes. There will be three and five gaited horses, western horses of all. types, hunters and jumpers. Contestants will be -juniors up to 18 years of age, with many classes open for beginners who have never before competed in horse show events. This year, in keeping with the Northville tradition, a new type of competition is in the making. Patterned after the Olympic International competition, Northville inaugurates the Junior Equestrian Team competition for jumpers which will run throughout the show season: At all the Michigan shows throughout the season the teams will be scored .and their standings recorded. At the end of the season a championship will be run off and the low score te"am for the season will receive the* Northville Optimist Club "Junior Equestrian. Team Challenge Trophy." Competition is divided into six divisions: Horsemanship, English, Western and Hunter seats; Saddle Horses, both three and five gaited; Western Horses; Palomino Horses; Ponies and Trail Horses; Hunters and Jumpers. The Championships are divided into three types of horsemanship: Horsemanship over Jumps, Western Equitation and English Equitation.
