58 GENERAL SHOW AT EDINBUEGH IN 18S4. 



40. The inspection of Horses as to soundness is left entirely to the Judges, 

 who may consult the Society's Veterinary Surgeon if they deem it expedient. 

 No protests on veterinary grounds will be received. 



41. All Ewes must have reared Lambs in 1884 ; and Ewes in Sections 3 

 and 9 (Blackfaced and Cheviot) must be in milk, and have their Lambs at foot. 



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

 are instructed to examine the 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. 



43. Sows must have reared pigs in 1884 or be in pig ; and Pigs must 

 belong to the same litter, and be uncut. 



44. In Poultry the Aged Birds must have been hatched previous to, and 

 Cockerels and Pullets in, 1884. No dubbing is allowed in the male birds of 

 the Game Breeds. Those dubbed will not be placed. 



45. The Yard will be open for Stock on Monday, 21st July, and between 

 C and 10 o'clock on the morning of Tuesday, 22d, after which hour no 

 Stock can be admitted. 



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

 with strong halters and double ropes. All cattle must be tied in their stalls. 



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

 and a piece of rope to carry their forage. 



48. Strong loose boxes will be provided for Stallions and Three-and-Two- 

 year-old entire Colts, in which they can remain all night, and loose boxes for 

 Mares with foal at foot; closed-in stables for all the other horses, and covered 

 accommodation for the whole of the other stock. 



49. Straw, hay, grass, and tares will lie provided free by the Society 

 during the four days of the Show, and half allowance on Monday for any 

 stock that may be in the Yard that day; other kinds of food will be supplied 

 at fixed prices in the forage yard. Any Servant removing bedding from an 

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

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

 Coops, food, and attendance for Poultry will be found by the Society. 



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

 till 5 P.M. on Friday, 25th July, except on certificate by the Veterinary Sur- 

 geon employed by the Directors. 



51. Horses may be withdrawn at six o'clock each evening on a deposit of 

 £2 for each animal, which shall be forfeited, along with any prize money it 

 may have gained, if the animal is not brought back. They must return at 

 half-past 7 o'clock the following morning, and those not in before 8 will forfeit 

 10s. Horse passes to be applied for at the Committee Room between 5 and 

 6 P.M. on Tuesday, and the deposit will be returned between 12.30 and 

 2.30 on Friday. 



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

 ordered by those in charge of clearing the Yard. Those transgressing this 

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



JUDGING STOCK AND POULTRY. 



53. On Tuesday, 22d July, Exhibitors, and all others except Servants in 

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



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

 will be admitted. The space reserved for the Judges will be enclosed by 

 ropes, and no encroachment will be permitted. In no case shall a Premium 

 be awarded unless the Judges deem the animals to have sufficient merit ; and 

 where only one or two lots are presented in a section, and the Judges con- 

 sider them unworthy of the premiums off'ered, 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. 



