CHAPTER XX 



TO THE EXHIBITOR AND FAIR MANAGER 



The wise exhibitor or herdsman will so arrange his circuit 

 that he will arrive on the fair grounds as early before the open- 

 ing of the fair as possible, that he may have his hogs well rested 

 and in the pink of condition before the show opens. "Where one 

 attends a fair each week, this of course is sometimes a hard rule 

 with which to comply, but many thinking fair managers today 

 are so arranging their dates and days of show that the live stock 

 that is to show the following week at a distant state is allowed 

 to be released on Friday night which, by the way, is a custom 

 that all fairs and expositions should follow. 



Many state fairs have, too many men among their management 

 who know nothing whatever of the needs of the live-stock exhibitor 

 while on the circuit. They manage their show as though it were 

 the only one the exhibitor was going to attend and seem to think 

 that the exhibitor, because he made an exhibition at their fair, 

 should be obliged to remain there until the last man is gone. They 

 should always remember that without the live-stock exhibit their 

 fair would soon be a thing of the past, and for this reason should 

 give the live-stock exhibitor every encouragement and help pos- 

 sible. 



Be Prepared to Show Pedigrees. Oftentimes in the under-six- 

 months class or the class over six and under twelve months, there is 

 such a wide range of sizes that one hesitates in comparing. Here is 

 where every exhibitor should produce the certificates of registry, 

 and if any of the animals have been purchased of others, the cer- 

 tificates of transfer, showing exact age of the animals on exhibi- 

 tion. This would avoid any unpleasantness between exhibitors 

 or between the exhibitor and the judge. 



Authenticating Ages. It is pretty hard for an experienced 

 judge to step into a ring of pigs showing in the under-six-months 

 class and find most of them of proper size and development, and 

 others showing by their general make-up that they are far beyond 

 six months old, even being old enough to show well developed 

 tusks, which every man knows are not developed until after the 

 pig is six months of age. The judge who knows his business, while 

 not inclined to quarrel with the exhibitor over the age of his pigs, 

 will quietly ignore them, not considering them eligible to the 

 class. This, of course, generally causes the exhibitor to complain 

 when he should be quietly informed that his pigs are out of their 

 class owing to age, and unless he can prove by certificates of reg- 

 istry, properly signed by the record association, he should not 

 be allowed in the ring. For this reason I would urge every pros- 

 pective showman to always start out fully prepared for such 



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