xxviii Rules of Adjudication. 



EULES OF ADJUDICATION. 



1. As the object of the Society in giving prizes for cattle, sheep, and pigs, is to 

 promote improvement in breeding stock, the Judges in making their awards 

 will be instructed not to take into their consideration the present value to the 

 butcher of animals exhibited, but to decide according to their relative merits 

 for the purpose of breeding. 



2. If, in the opinion of the Judges, there should be equality of merit, they 

 will be instructed to make a special report to the Council, who will decide on 

 the award. 



3. The Judges will be instructed to withhold any prize if they are of opinion 

 that there is not sufficient merit in any of the stock exhibited for such prize 

 to justify an award. 



4. The Judges will be instructed to give in a Reserved Number in each class 

 of live stock ; viz., which animal would, in their opinion, possess sufficient 

 merit for the prize, in case the animal to which the prize is awarded should 

 subsequently become disqualified. 



5. In the classes for stallions, mares, and fillies, the Judges in awarding the 

 prizes will be instructed, in addition to symmetry, to take activity and 

 strength into their consideration. 



6. The attention of the Stewards and Judges is particularly called to the 

 conditions applying to pigs. The Senior Steward of Live Stock is requested 

 to report any malpractices on the part of Exhibitors, and any i^erson found 

 guilty will not be allowed to exhibit at future meetings of the Society. 



