52 GENERAL SUOW AT KELSO IN 1880. 



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 liim, or of such a portion as the 

 Directors maj ordain. 



13. Eailway Passes for unsold stock and iniiilements 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' Friday, 30th July, 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 or article can be withdrawn before that hour.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 wiU be paid in November 1880, and, with the 

 exception of the Tweeddale Gold Medal and the 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 11th 

 day of June. Received in the Yard on Monday, 26th, and till 10 a.m. on 

 Tuesday, 27th Julv. Judged at 11 a.m. on Tuesday. Exhibited on Tuesday, 

 Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, 27th, 28th, 29th, and 30th July. 



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

 cannot be withdraAvn after entry. No animal to be aUowed to compete in 

 more 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 evidence 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 11th 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 effect, signed by the Exliibitor, must be sent 

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

 when 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, or his case otherwise disposed 

 of as the Directors may determine. 



23. An animal which has gained a first premium at a General Show 

 of the Society cannot again compete in the same section. 



24. 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. 



25. Breeding Stock must not be sho^vn in an improper state of fatness, and 

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



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



27. 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. 



28. 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 



* It is the intention of the Society to extend tliis rule to Galloways at thu 

 Stirlin" Show In 18S1. 



