Rules of Adjudication. xxxi 



EULES OF ADJUDICATION. 



1. As the object of the Society in giving i^rizes for neat cattle, sheep, and 

 pigs, is to promote improvement in hreeding stock, the Judges in making their 

 awards will be instructed not to take into their consideration the j^resent 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 thei'e is not sufficient merit in any of the stock exhibited for such prize 

 to justify an award ; should, however, the question of disqualifying a whole 

 class arise, the Judges shall consult with the Stewards of the yard, and their 

 joint decision shall be final. 



4. The Judges will be instructed to give in a reserved imrnber 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 Judges will be instructed to deliver to the Director their award, 

 signed, and stating the numbers to which the prizes are adjudged, before they 

 leave the yard, noting any disqualifications. They are to transmit under 

 cover to the Secretary, before the 1st of August, 1867, their reports on the 

 several classes in which they have adjudicated, in order that each report may 

 be included in the General Report of the Exhibition of Live Stock at Bury St. 

 Edmunds, to be published in the Journal of the Society. 



