how to select particular control on load event

in my application i have a login page that contains 2 tabs like this

<div class="logincontbx">

<ul id="countrytabs" class="shadetabs-login">

<li><a href="#" rel="country1" class="log">&nbsp; Login &nbsp;</a></li>

<li><a class="create" href="#" rel="country2">Create Account</a></li>

</ul>
</div>

on the load event of page login tab should be active.

how it is possible. using jquery

regards

Baiju