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changes in the order of exhibition, as in the discretion of the mem- 

 ber in charge will facilitate the work. 



37. The superintendent of each department must check the entries 

 shown in the entry books in each ring, with the exhibits present, and 

 so mark the entry books that they will show what animals were passed 

 on by the judges. 



38. The member in charge may exclude from competition exhib-. 

 itors who occasion unnecessary or embarrassing delay in bringing ani- 

 mals into the show ring. 



39. The judges shall not make any award where there is unsound- 

 ness in breeding animals which is transmissible. 



40. All breeding animals must be recorded in Standard Stud Books, 

 and exhibitors must be prepared to submit certificates or registry. 



^ ,. . Speed classes — trotting and racing 



Conditions. 



41. Entries will close the tenth day before the Fair opens at 11 

 o'clock P.M. Records made within fifteen days no bar. Entrance 

 fee five per cent of purse, with five per cent additional from winners. 

 The same horse entered in more than one class will only be required 

 to pay entrance for the starts made, except if no starts are made the 

 fee in each class entered may be required. 



42. Five entries and three starters required. Horses will be called 

 at 1 o'clock P.M. daily. 



43. Races will be mile heats, three in five, to harness, and will be 

 conducted under the rules of the National Trotting Association (or 

 American Trotting Association). 



44. Heats in each day's races may be trotted or paced alternately. 

 The published order of program will be followed as nearly as possible, 

 but the State Board of Agriculture reserves the right to make modi- 

 fications, in the discretion of the member in charge of the speed depart- 

 ment, to meet conditions as they arise. Usual weather clause rights 

 reserved. 



45. A horse distancing the field, or any part thereof, will receive but 

 one premium. 



46. All premiums for speed classes will be paid on the last day of the 

 Fair, by bank check payable to the order of the owner or the party 

 in whose name the entry is made. 



