Conditions relating to Live Stock. xxiii 



CONDITIONS EELATING TO LIVE STOCK. 



1. No bull above two years old will be eligible for a prize unless certified to 

 have served not less than three different cows (or heifers) within the three 

 months preceding the 1st of June in the year of the Show. 



2. No cow will be eligible for a prize unless certified to have had a live calf, 

 either between the date of entry and that of the Show, or within the twelve 

 months preceding the date of the Show. 



3. No heifer, except yearlings, entered as in-calf, will be eligible for a prize 

 unless she is certified to have been bulled before the 31st of March in the year 

 of Show, nor will her o\vner afterwards receive the prize until he shall have 

 furnished the Secretary with a further certificate that she produced a live calf 

 before the 31st of January in the subsequent year. 



4. All foals must be the offspring of the mare along with which they are 

 exhibited for the prize. 



5. The ewes in each pen must be of the same flock. 



6. Sheep exhibited for any of the prizes (except Dartmoor and Exmoor 

 sheep, which must be shown in the wool) must have been really and fairly 

 shorn hare after the 1st of April in the year of the Exhibition ; and the 

 date of such shearing must form part of the Certificate of Entry. Two 

 Inspectors will be appointed by the Council to examine the sheep on their 

 admission to the Show- Yard, with instructions to report to the Stewards any 

 cases in which the sheep have not been really and fairly shorn hare. 



7. The three sow-pigs in each pen must be of the same litte/. 



8. The breeding sows in Classes 91, 92, 93, 94, and 95, shall be certified 

 to have had a litter of live pigs within the six months preceding the Show, or 

 to be in-pig at the time of entry, so as to produce a litter before the 1st of 

 September following. In the case of in-pig sows, the prize will be withheld 

 until the Exhibitor shall have furnished the Secretary with a certificate of 

 farrowing, as above. 



9. No sow, if above eighteen months old, that has not produced a litter of 

 live pigs, shall be eligible to compete in any of the classes. 



10. The Judges of pigs will be instructed, with the sanction of the Stewards, 

 to withhold prizes from any animals which shall appear to them to have been 

 entered in a wrong class ; and to affix a placard of disqualification to the pens 

 of those animals. 



11. All pigs exhibited at the country meetings of the Society shall be sub- 

 jected to an examination of their mouths by the Veterinary Inspector of the 

 Society ; and should the state of dentition in any pig indicate that the age of 

 the animal has not been correctly returned in the Certificate of Entry, the 

 Stewards shall have power to disqualify such pig, and shall report the circum- 

 stance to the Council at its ensuing monthly meeting. 



12. If a litter of pigs be sent with a breeding sow, the young pigs must be 

 the produce of the sow, and must not exceed three months old. 



13. No horse shall be exhibited without a certificate from a Member of the 

 Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, as to the state of the animal with refer- 

 ence to hereditary diseases, particularly those of the respiratory and visual 



