50 GENERAL SHOW AT EDINBURGH IN 1877. 



43. The Yard will be open for Stock on Monday, 23tli July, and between 

 Six and Ten o'clock on the morning of Tuesday, 24th, after which hour no 

 Stock can be admitted. 



44. Bulls must be secured by nose rings, with chains or ropes attached, or 

 with strong halters and double ropes, with a man on each side. 



45. Servants in charge of Stock must bring their own buckets or pails, 

 and a piece of rope to carry their forage. 



46. Closed-in stables will be provided for all the horses, and covered accom- 

 modation for the whole of the other stock. Night accommodation will be 

 provided for Attendants on Stock, and those requiring the same must make 

 application when they return their Entry Schedules, and remit the charge 

 alonof with their stall rent. 



47. Straw, hay, grass, and tares will be provided free by the Society 

 during the four days of the Show ; other kinds of food will be supplied at 

 fixed prices in the forage yard. Coops, food, and attendance for Poultry 

 will be found by the Society. Any Servant removing bedding from an 

 adjoining stall will be fined in double the amount taken. Exliibitors may 

 fetch their own cake or com to the Yard, but not grass, tares, hay, nor straw. 



48. Cattle, Sheep, Swine, or Poultry cannot be removed from the Yard till 

 5 P.M. on Friday, 27th July, except on certificate by the Veterinary Surgeon 

 employed by the Directors. 



49. Horses may be withdrawn at 6 each evening on a deposit of ^2 for 

 each animal, which shall be forfeited if the animal is not brought back at half- 

 past 7 o'clock the following morning. Those not in before 8 will forfeit 10s. 

 Horse passes to be applied for at the Committee Kooms between 5 and 6 on 

 Tuesday, and the deposit will be returned between 10 and 11.30 on Friday. 



50. When the Stock is leaving the Yard, no animal is to be moved till 

 ordered by those in charge of clearincr the Yard. Those transo-ressino- this 

 Eule will be detained till all the other Stock is removed. 



JUDGING STOCK. 



51. On Tuesday, 24th July, Exliibitors, and all others except Servants in 

 charge of Stock, must leave the Yard at 10 a.m. 



52. The Judges will commence their inspection at 11 a.m., when the public 

 will be admitted. In no case shall a Premimn be awarded unless the Judges 

 deem the animals to have suflicient merit ; and where only one or two lots 

 are presented in a section, and the Judges consider them unworthy of the 

 premiums ofiered, it shall be in their power to award a lower prize, or to 

 suggest the removal of any lot which appears to them unworthy of being placed 

 in the Yard. 



53. In addition to the Premiums, the Judges are authorised to award 

 three Commendations in each section (except Poultry, where only two 

 prizes are to be awarded) if the entries are numerous and the animals of 

 sufl&cient merit. These Commendations to consist of — Very Highly Com- 

 mended, Highly Commended, and Commended, 



54. The animals in Section 22 (Ayrshire Breed) which have not calved 

 before the Show will be judged along with Cows in Calf, and those in Section 

 23 which have calved before the Show will be judged along with Cows in Milk. 



55. Two Members of Committee will attend each Section of the Judges. 

 It will be their duty to see that no obstruction is ofi'ered to them, and that 

 the space reserved for them is not encroached on ; to conmiunicate to the 

 Secretary any question that may arise for the consideration of the Committee ; 

 to complete their reports ; and to ticket the prize animals. 



56. It shall not be competent for any Exhibitor, nor for his Factor or Land- 

 Steward, to act as a Judge or Attending Member in any class in which he is 

 competing ; and no Exhibitor shaU remain in charge of any lot, whether be- 

 longing to himself or another, wliile tlie Judges are in the Yard. 



