50 GENEUAL SHOW AT PEKTH IN 1879. 



9. As the command of water in the Yard is limited, it is particularly re- 

 quested that waste be avoided. 



10. When the ground requires to be broken, the turf must be carefully 

 lifted and laid aside, and the surface must be restored to the satisfaction of 

 the Society, and at the expense of the Exhibitor. 



11. All persons admitted into the Show- Yard shall be subject to the 

 Rules and Orders of the Directors. 



12. The violation by an Exhibitor of any one of the Eegulations will involve 

 the forfeiture of all Premiums awarded to him. 



13. Railway Passes for unsold stock and implements must be applied for 

 at the Committee Room in the Yard between 9 and 11 o'clock on the fore- 

 noon of Thursday and Friday. 



14. The Show terminates at 5 p.m. on Fridav, 1st August, and no animals 

 or article can be withdrawn before that hour. Stock and Implements may 

 remain in the Yard till Saturday afternoon. 



15. The Premiums awarded will be paid in November 1879, and, with the 

 •exception of the Tweeddale and Silver Medals, may be taken either in money 

 or in plate. 



STOCK AND POULTRY. 



16. Stock and Poultry to be entered with the Secretary on or before the 13th 

 day of June. Received in the Yard on Monday, 28th, and till 10 a.m. on 

 Tuesday, 29th July. Judged at 11 a.m. on Tuesday. Exhibited on Tuesday, 

 Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, 29th, 30th and 31st July, and 1st August. 



17. All animals must be entered in the sections applicable to their ages, and 

 cannot be withdrawn after entry. No animal to be allowed to compete in 

 tnore than one section, except Horses in Sections 13, 14, and 15, which may 

 be also entered in Section 16. 



18. Shorthorn animals must be entered in the herd book, or the exhibitor 

 must produce a certificate fi-om the Council of the Shorthorn Society that his 

 animal is eligible to be entered therein. 



19. Stock must be bona fide the property and in the possession of the Ex- 

 >hibitor from the 13th June (the last day of Entry). 



20. The schedule of Entry must be filled up so far as within the knowledge 

 • of the Exhibitor. 



21. The name of the Breeder, if known, must be given, and if the Breeder 

 is not known a declaration to that eft'ect, signed by the Exhibitor, must be sent 



. along with the Schedule, and no pedigree will be entered in the Catalogue 

 v/hen the Breeder is unknown. 



22. Should it be proved to the satisfaction of the Directors that an animal 

 has been entered under a false name, pedigree, or description, for the purpose 

 of misleading the Directors or Judges as to its qualification or properties, the 

 case shall be reported to the first General Meeting, in order that the Exhibitor 

 shall be disqualified from again competing at the Society's Shows, and his 

 name, if he be a Member, struck from the roll. 



23. When an animal has previously been disqualified by the decision of any 

 Agricultural Association in Great Britain or Ireland, such disqualification shall 

 attach, if the Exhibitor, being aware of the disqualification, fail to state it, and 

 the grounds thereof, in his entry, to enable the Directors to judge of its validity. 



24. Breeding Stock must not be shown in an improper state of fatness, and 

 the Judges will be prohibited from awarding Premiums to overfed animals. 



25. The Competition of Stallions for agricultural purposes is held in spring. 



26. No animal shaU bear on its rug, harness, pail, or other fittings, any 

 initial, crest, or mark of ownershij), nor be distinguished otherwise than by 

 the number indicating its place in the Catalogue. 



27. Any artificial contrivance or device of any description found on an 

 animal either for preventing the flow of milk or for any other purpose, will 

 disqualify that animal from being awarded a Premium, and the Owner of 



