45^ Journal of Agriculture . [lo July, 1909. 



REGULATIONS 



Governing the Examination of Stallions for the Government 

 Certificate of Soundness and Approval. 



(N.B. — Condition "A" of the conditions to be complied with by 

 Agricultural Societies for participation in the Government grant is as 

 follows : — 



A. — Tliat the awards of frizes in all classes for stallions three years 

 old and over at the Society^ s Shozv must be subject to the possession by 

 the exhibit of a Government certificate of soundness.) 



I. — Examination Parades. 



(i) Societies within whose district an Inspection Parade is appointed 

 are required to provide a suitable place for the examinations to be con- 

 ducted, 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 examining 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 advertising 

 and making known the occasion to the public and the Stallion 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 examina- 

 tions of Stallions for the Government Certificate will be made at such 

 Parades or at Agricultural Shows or on some such publiclv advertised occa- 

 sion, unless under special circumstances and with the express approval of 

 the Minister. 



(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 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. 



II. — Grounds for Rejection. 



(i) 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 in any degree, \iz. : — 



Koaring Curb ThoroughiMn and Bursa! Enlargements 



Ringbone Bog Spavin Nasal disease (Osteo-porosis) 



Sidebone JJone Spavin Chorea C" Shivering " or "Nervy") 



or such other hereditary un.soundness as the Minister may at any time 

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

 Examining Officer on appearances then presented —of accident, injurv. and 

 over-strain or over-work, will not disiiualify.) 



(2) The Certificate will also he refused in the case of animals con- 

 sidered bv the Examining Officer to be below a reasonable standard for 

 Government ai>])r()\al. as regards t\])e. eonforniation and l)reeding. 



