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Committee before the close of the Fair. If there are any claims not then presented, 

 they will not be acted upon until the annual meeting in January. No claims will be 

 paid unless examined and certified to by tlie Business Committee, or a majority 

 thereof. 



IX.— LIQUORS. 



No spirituous or intoxicating liquors shall be allowed to be sold on the Fair 

 grounds during the Fair. 



DEPARTMENT OF LIVE STOCK— SPECIAL RULES ON CATTLE. 



Competilion Open to the World. 



That all exhibits in Divisions A,B, C,D,and E, must be owned by the exhibitor and 

 in his possession at least three months previous to the Fair. 



That all animals entered as thoroughbreds in Division A, shall be judged by a scale 

 of points to be arranged under the direction of the Superintendent in charge of that 

 department. 



That the Superintendent of Division A shall appoint a Special Committee on 

 Pedigrees. 



That no animal entered as thoroughbred in Division A shall be admissible to the 

 showing without a certificate of eligibility from the Committee on Pedigrees. 



Ail entries of Cattle for exliibition sliall be made on or before the Tuesday 

 preceding the week of the Fair, and the full pedigrees of all animals entered shall 

 accompany such entries, and the Secretary shall keep a file of all such pedigrees, each 

 breed by Itself, for tlie convenience of the Committee on Pedigrees. It is under- 

 stood that in Shorthorns the American Shorthorn Herd Book, the English Shorthorn 

 Herd Book, the Canada Herd Book, the Kentucky Shorthorn Herd Book, shall be 

 considered the authority by which pedigrees sliall be judged; in Devons, the 

 American Devon Herd Book; Ayrshires, the North American Ayrshire Register and 

 the American Breeder's Herd Book; the Jerseys, the American Jersey Cattle Club 

 Herd Book Register. There being no standard herd books published for Herefords, 

 Galloways and Holsteins, pedigrees of these breeds will be admitted at the 

 discretion of the Committee on Pedigrees. 



CATTLE. 



In all cases of thoroughbred cattle, only tliose of approved pedigree will be 

 permitted to compete. All animals of approved pedigree will be considered equal 

 as to pedigree, no one strain of pure blood having preference over another in 

 the prize ring. 



All tiiree year old heifers in the several classes of thoroughbred cattle as breeding 

 stock shall be required to have borne a calf previous to the exhibition, or the heifer 

 cannot compete. 



Examination of cattle will take place on Tuesday from 1 o'clock P.M., and continue 

 during tlie forenoon of Thursday, from 9 o'clock till 2 in the afternoon. 



Bulls more than a year old must be secured by a ring in the nose, and otherwise 

 secured to the satisfaction of the Superintendent, or they will be debarred from 

 remaining on the ground. 



DIVISION B— HORSES. 



Competition Open to the World, 



All entries in this Division must be made on or before the Tuesday previous 

 to the Fair. 



Horses to compete for premiums must be sound, except in cases of stallions or 

 mares injured by accidents which do not impair them for usefulness. 



Exhibitors of horses will be required to test the animals they may exhibit, under 

 tlie direction of the several committees which may have charge of the class in which 

 the entries are made. Strict obedience to the directions will be required, as the 

 committee have full power to rule out of competition all who do not comply with 

 their requirements. 



Horses possessing no merit may be ordered oft' the grounds by the Superi-Jtendent. 



The committee having charge of the exhibition of horses will have full possession 

 and command of the track during the time of such exhibition, and marshals will be 

 at their command for all purposes of order and enforcement of the rules. 



All animals shown in this division m(i>t have been owned and in the possession of 

 the exhibitor for three months previous lo the entry for exhibition. 



