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Table, notice to this effect — together with suggestions for alternative date 

 and time compatible with the rest of the Time Table — should be given not 

 later than ist June , after which no alteration in the Time Table can be made. 



Grounds for Rejection. 



The attention of the members of }Our Society is invited to the report 

 on the Veterinary Examination of Stallions during the 1907 season, see 

 Journal for December, 1907, and which gives results to date. It is 

 particularly desired that owners of stallions should understand that only 

 those hereditary unsoundnes.ses which are set' out in the report, will con- 

 stitute a cause for refusal of the certificate on the ground of unsoundness. 

 All other blemishes or unsoundness, or defects of conformation, the result of 

 accident, external injury, and over-strain and over-work, will not disqualifv. 



The certificate is also refused in the case of animals below a reasonable 

 standard for Government approval, as regards type, conformation, and breed. 



Issue of Certificates. 



Particulars concerning the identitv of the hcrse^ — name, pedigree, age, 

 etc. — should be furnished to the examining officer at the time of examina- 

 iOn, either verbally or by way of the usual stallion advertisement. 



Certificates will be issued within seven days of the holding of the 

 parades, and will be forwarded to the secretaries of the societies, under 

 whose auspices the parades are held, and who will either forward them to 

 the owner direct, or on application. Until the issue of a certificate, or 

 until the publication of the official list of certificated stallions, the result 

 of the veterinary examination will not be communicated to any per.S'On. 

 The examining officer, if he shall see fit to do so, mav communicate to the 

 owner or his agent — dulv authorized in writing to inquire — the result of 

 the examination. In case of refusal of the certificate the reasons for re- 

 fusal will not under any circumstances, save in legal proceedings under 

 the direction of the Court, te communicated to anv person except the owner 

 or his agent duly authorized in writing, and to these onlv on request in 

 writing. Secretaries of societies, lOersons in charge of the horse, grooms 

 or relatives of the owner will not be considered authorized agents for that 

 ])urpose unless they deliver to the officer the owner's signed authority to 

 receive the information. 



Tenure of Certificate. 



Certificates are issued in respect of stallions three years old and o\er only. 



Certificates that have been issued during the season 1907, and 

 certificates that will be issued during the season 1908 will be regarded 

 as life certificates. 



In 1909, onlv stallions four vears old and over, will l:)e given life 

 certificates. Three-year-old stallions will be certificated for the season 

 only, and will be required to be submitted for r^-exam.ination each season, 

 until five years old, when a life certificate will be issued. 



In 1910, and subsequently, only stallions -five years old and over, will 

 be given life certificates. Three-year-old and four-year-old stallions 

 will be certificated for the season only, and will be required to be submitted 

 for r^-examination each season until five years old, when a life certificate 

 will be issued. 



The Minister retains the right to at any time have a certificated stallion 

 submitted for re-examination, and to withdraw the certificate, in the event 

 of the animal being declared, to his satisfaction, unsound. 



The arrangement as to tenure of certificates, set out above, provides for 

 the introduction of the system gradually, so that no hardship will be 

 imposed on owners. 



