390 EXHIBITING AND JUDGING LIVE-STOCK 



47. The race track will be placed in the best possible condition for 

 each of the interesting events. The track is a most excellent one, 

 the back stretches being wide and easy, with a great home stretch 

 one hundred feet in width. 



48. The speed barns, located conveniently near the track, are in good 

 condition and well equipped for the care of race horses. The races are in 

 circuits that will give horsemen the advantage of several weeks' con- 

 tinuous work. 



Special rules governing cattle. 



49. Entries must be made fifteen days before the Fair opens, and 

 be accompanied by proper fees to cover charges for exhibitor's ticket 

 and stall rents. Exhibitors are requested to specify the number of stalls 

 required, on receipt of which information stalls will be assigned and 

 their numbers sent to the person or firm making entries. 



50. Charges. 



Each animal over one year old, $2; each animal under one year old, 

 $1; exhibitor's ticket, $2. 



51. Purity of blood as established by pedigree, symmetry, size, 

 early maturity and general characteristics of the several breeds of 

 animals to be considered; the judges will make proper allowance 

 for age, feeding and other conditions. 



52. Persons exhibiting pure bred animals will be required to furnish 

 to the Secretary, at the time of making the entry, the name and 

 register number of each animal entered. 



53. Basing dates of dairy cattle to be February 1 and August 1, while 

 in the beef breeds the basing date shall be September 1. 



54. All cows over thirty-six months old must have given birth to 

 calf at full maturity within past year, or show unmistakable evidence 

 of being in calf at time of exhibition. 



55. All cows in the dairy breeds, to be judged in the morning 

 shall be milked at six o'clock P.M., the day previous to being 

 judged, and all dairy cows, to be judged in the afternoon, to be 

 milked at six o'clock A.M., of the same day. The judge may, at 

 his option, require any cow to be milked while in the ring or before the 

 awards are made. 



56. Exhibitors will be required to have blankets removed from cattle 

 between the hours of nine A.M., and four P.M., each day of the Fair. 



