52 GENERAL SHOW AT EDINBURGH IN 1869. 



CLASS VI.-IMPLEMENTS. 



Pkemiums for Implements and Machinery have been withdrawn, 

 and trials, during the currency of a Show, discontinued, in terms 

 of a report approved of by a General Meeting of the Society on 

 21st January 1863. Reference is made to General Regulations 37, 

 38, and 39, for the terms on which Implements may now be exhibited, 

 and the conditions under which they will be tried and rewarded. 



REGULATIONS. 



GENERAL CONDITIONS. 



1. Members of the Society are admitted to the Show- Yard without pay- 

 ment, on exhibiting a " Member's Ticket" except during the inspection by the 

 Judges, when 5s. will be charged. Tickets will be sent to all Members re- 

 siding in the District connected with the Show — the counties of Edinburgh, 

 Haddington, and Linlithgow. Members residing in other localities must 

 apply for Tickets at the Secretary's Office, 3 George IV. Bridge, Edinburgh, 

 not later than the 25th of July. 



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

 hibitor from the date of the Entry. 



3. Each column in the schechde of Entry must be rilled up so far as within 

 the knowledge of the Exhibitor. 



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

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



5. Stallions and aged Bulls must have had produce, and, along with Two- 

 year-old Bulls, have served within the year of the Show. 



6. All Cows must have had calves previous to the Show, and when ex- 

 hibited, they must either be in milk or in calf ; if in milk, birth must have 

 been within 9 months of the Show ; if in calf, birth must be certified within 

 4 months after the Show. 



7. All Milch Cows must have been milked dry the evening previous to 

 being judged, and they must, while within the Show- Yard, be milked morn- 

 ing and evening. The Judges will be instructed to withhold the prizes from 

 any animals overstrained or suffering from want of being milked. 



8. Two-year-old Heifers — of the Short-horn and Polled Breeds — must be 

 in calf when exhibited, and birth must be certified within 9 months after the 

 Show. 



9. Mares in Section 5 must have produced foals after 1st January 1869, 

 and foals must be at foot, except when death can be proved. Mares in 

 Section 6 must be in foal, and awards will be suspended till birth is certified. 



10. All Ewes must have reared Lambs in 1869 ; and Ewes in Sections 11 and 

 15 (Cheviot and Blackfaced) must be in milk, and have their Lambs at foot. 

 Eleeces must not be artificially coloured. 



1 1 . The Pigs in Sections 5 and 6 must belong to the same litter, and be 

 uncut. 



12. Poultry. — The Aged Birds must have been hatched previous to, and 

 Cockrels and Pullets in, 1869. 



13. An animal which has gained a first premium at a General Show of the 

 Society cannot again compete in the same section. 



14. First prize animals in the classes of Aged Bulls, Cows, Stallions, and 

 Mares may be shown for the Medium Gold Medal at three consecutive Shows 

 after gaining the first prize. 



15. No animal shall bear on its rug, harness, pail, or other fittings, any 

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

 the number indicating its place in the Catalogue. 



