Cover story: Class act -- Kids are always a hit at the annual Menlo Charity Horse Show Cover story: Class act -- Kids are always a hit at the annual Menlo Charity Horse Show (August 17, 2005)

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The most popular event at the annual Menlo Charity Horse Show, held last week at the Menlo Circus Club, is always the lead-line class, where children 6 and under are led on a walk around the area by an older person on foot.

Proud parents and grandparents gathered to cheer the tiny competitors, who often gave their audience a royal wave. The children all turned out to be winners. Each was given a stuffed plush pony, adorned with a blue ribbon.

Final figures are not in yet, but it looks as if the horse show will raise $400,000 for its favorite nonprofit, The Peninsula Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired. The Friday dinner and auction alone raised $100,000.

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