280 Journal of A (I rlculiure, Victoria. [10 May, 1918. 



REGULATIONS 



Governing the Examination of Stallions and Mares for the 

 Government Certificate of Soundness and Approval. 



I. — Examination Parades. 



(1) Societies within whose district an Inspection Parade is 

 appointed are required to provide a suitable place for the examinations 

 to be conducted, and to suitably and reasonably advertise the holding 

 of the parade on receipt of notice from the Department of the fixture. 

 The secretary or some member of the committee of the society is 

 required to be in attendance at the appointed time to assist the examin- 

 ing officer in the arrangements for the inspection. 



(2) The Parades will be conducted and the Veterinary Officer will 

 attend without expense to Societies other than that involved in adver- 

 tising and making known the occasion to the public and the horse- 

 owners in the district, and providing the examination ground. 



(3) The Examining Officer will attend Inspection Parades held at 

 times and places set out in the official Time Table for the year, and 

 all examinations for the Government Certificate will be made at such 

 Parades or on some such publicly advertised occasion, unless under 

 special circumstances as provided for in clause 5. 



(4) In the event of it being found impossible for local reasons to 

 hold the Parade in any district at the time and date set out in the 

 Time Table, notice to that eff^ect — together with suggestions for alter- 

 native date and time compatible with the rest of the Time Table — 

 should be given not later than 1st June, after which no alteration in 

 the Time Table can be made. 



(5) The special examination of horses for the Government Certi- 

 :ficate of Soundness at other than the advertised parades may 

 be arranged for in cases where, through accidental circumstances, the 

 owner has failed to submit the horse at such parade. 



Such examinations will only be arranged when the attendance of 

 the Examining Officer will not interfere with the requirements of the 

 Department for his services in other directions. 



An ovnier requesting such special examinations will be required to 

 prepay a fee of £1 Is. for each horse examined; also the railway fare 

 (first class return), and travelling expenses at ttie rate of 14s. per day, 

 of the visiting officer. 



II. — Grounds for Eejection. 



(1) Refusal of Certificate on the ground of unsoundness will be 

 made only when, in the opinion of the Examining Officer, the horse is 

 affected at the time of examination with one or more of the following 

 hereditary unsoundnesses, viz. : — 



Bog Spavin Ringbone 



Bone Spavin Roaring 



Cataract Sidebone 



Chorea " Shivering" or "Nervy " Stringhalt 



Curb Thoroughpin 



Navicular disease Whistling 



Nasal disease (Osteo-porosis) 



or such other hereditary unsoundness as the Minister may at any time 

 declare. (Blemishes or unsoundness, the result — in the opinion of 



