Shows and Showing. 28 5 



Metal Tallies. 



At all important shows the secretary furnishes each 

 exhibitor with a metal tablet bearing the catalogue number 

 stamped thereon, in addition to the address label. This 

 is most necessary, as otherwise when two or three goats 

 are sent together a fine opportunity is afforded them of 

 displaying their innate love of mischief by eating off each 

 other's labels, and so confounding the officials as to owner- 

 ship and destination. Exhibitors should be careful to see 

 that the metal tablet or tally is attached (by the wire 

 that accompanies it) to the goat's collar when dis- 

 patched from home, and not left until the goat arrives at 

 the show. When an attendant is sent to a show with a lot 

 of goats in a horse-box he generally puts labels and tallies 

 in his pocket, to be placed on the animals when he arrives 

 with them on the show -ground. This work is then often 

 done in a hurry and carelessly, with the result that a goat 

 gets placed under the wrong number, and so figures 

 incorrectly in the catalogue, if it does not as may also 

 happen get disqualified for a prize. 



Crates and Addresses. 



Another important point, both for the sake of the 

 exhibitor and of the show officials, is to see that the 

 crate in which a goat is sent bears the owner's name 

 and address, either indelibly marked thereon or with 

 an extra address-label securely tacked upon it. The 

 former is much the better, as the ink on a label may be 

 obliterated by rain when the crate is left exposed in the 

 open,- as not infrequently happens. 



Carriage by 7* a/7. 



Exhibitors in sending their goats to a show by rail 

 must be careful to prepay the freight, as secretaries 

 generally refuse to discharge these liabilities, not caring 

 to take the responsibility of getting repaid afterwards. 



