44 PEEMIUMS OFFERED BY THE SOCIETY IX 1881. 



of the local Association or not. The Stallion Premiums are open to all 

 comers, or the Horses may be selected at the Glasgow Stallion Show on 

 j)ermission to that effect being obtained. 



6. The Committee shall select the breed, and specify it in the returns. 

 In Cattle the animals exhibited must belong to one of the following pure 

 breeds — Short-horn, Ayrshire, Polled (Galloway, Angus, or Aberdeen), 

 Highland. The Bulls may be of one breed, and the Heifers of another. 

 In Sheep, the breeds must be Leicester, Che\dot, or Blackfaced. 



7. Stock of an inferior description, or which does not fall within the pre- 

 scribed regulations, shall not be placed for competition. 



8. The Premiums shall not be di voided. In Cattle, Horses (except Stal- 

 lions to serve in the district), Sheep, and Swine, five lots in each Class will 

 warrant the award of full, and three lots of half. Premiums. In Dairy Pro- 

 duce, eight Exhibitors in any one Class will warrant an award of full, and 

 four of half, Premiums. A Competitor may exhibit two lots in each class, 

 except in Dairy Produce, where only one lot is allowed from the same farm. 

 For the Silver Medal to former first prize animals two lots are required. No 

 animal to be allowed to compete in more than one section. 



9. To authorise the award of the ^Medals in the intermediate year, there 

 must be not less than two lots in each Class, and the Society's Regulations 

 must be adhered to. 



10. An animal which has gained the Highland and Agricultural Society's 

 first Money Premium at a previous District or General Show is inadmissible 

 in the same Class (except in the case of Stallions and in that of Bulls and 

 Tups for the Silver Medal, under section I.) ; and one which has gained a 

 second Money Premium can only thereafter compete in that Class for the first. 



11. A Bull the property of two or more Tenants may compete, although 

 the Exhibitors may not be Joint-Tenants. 



12. Bulls for which Money Premiums are awarded may be required to 

 serve in the District at least one season ; the rate of service to be fixed by 

 the Committee, and the prizes may be withheld till the conditions are ful- 

 filled. Premiums for the Heifers may be retained till the animals are 

 certified to have calved. 



13. Evidence must be produced that the Prize Stallions have had produce. 



14. Mares must have foals at foot (except when death of foal is certified), 

 or be entered as being in foal ; in the latter case payment of the Premiums 

 will be deferred till certificate of birth, which must be within 11 months 

 from the date of the Show. 



15. All Prize Tups must serve within the District during the season 

 following the Competition. Ewes and Gimmers must be taken from the 

 Exhibitor's stock, and must have been bred by him in the District ; and 

 Ewes must have reared Lambs during the ordinary season of the District. 



16. Sheep must have been clipped bare during the season, and the 

 Judges are instructed to examine tlie fleeces of the sheep selected for prizes, 

 and to cast those on which they find any of the former fleece. Fleeces must 

 not be artificially coloured. 



17. Should it be proved to the satisfaction of the Committee that an 

 animal has been entered under a false name, pedigree, or description, for- 

 the purpose of misleading the Committee or Judges as to its qualifications or 

 properties, the case shall be reported to the Directors, and submitted by 

 them to the first General Meeting, in order that the Exhibitor may be dis- 

 qualified from again competing for the Society's Premiums, and his name, 

 if he is a member, struck from the roll, or his case otherwise disposed of as 

 the Directors may determine. 



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

 any Agricultural Association in Great Britain or Ireland, such disqualifica- 

 tion shall attach, if the Exhibitor, being aware of the disqualification, faiL 



