The show started at 8:30 this morning and my wife, Barbara and I left our house at 7:30, which gave us plenty of time to make the trip from Lutherville to BelAir.
It was going to be a hot day, as the temperature was already in the eighties when we arrived. Now, the heat doesn't bother me as much as most people with MS, but I still had to be careful and set my folding chair up in the shade of a large tree that was conveniently located between the two rings.
The show information mentioned that proper dress was required. It has been so long since I was in a show that I wasn't exactly sure what "proper dress" would in tale. I found out as soon as the first class entered the show ring: dark colored coat, white show shirt, white breeches, and black boots, along with the required head gear.
I had all of these items except the show shirt, which I could fake with a white oxford cloth button down shirt for the time being. At least for the schooling shows I was planning for Bouffe and I to be in.
Being a retired elementary school teacher, Barbara really enjoyed the lead line classes, which were part of the early classes that Steuart Pittman was judging.
All the horses were very well turned out and I knew Bouffe could look just as good. I was most interested in the walk, trot, canter, (WTC) classes and in watching them I could see Bouffe would be OK but I had a lot of work to do.
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