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The following examples illustrate the method of rating when 

 two animals are close. The official placing is A B C D and A and 

 B are a close pair. The reversing of this pair by a contestant is 

 to be cut only 10 points : 



Normal Corrected 



Eating Eating 



B A C D 85 90 



C B A D 55 60 



C D B A 25 30 



B C A D 70 70 



(B and C are separated and there is no reduction in the amount 

 of the cut.) 



The following examples illustrate the method of rating when 

 two animals are far apart : 



Normal Corrected 

 Eating Eating 



A B C D 100 100 



A C B D 85 80 



A D B C 70 65 



C D A B 40 30 



(The official placing is A B C D, and B and C are far apart.) 



6. The judging committee shall, under the superintendent's di- 

 rection, be divided into four groups, each group to hear and grade 

 the reasons on one breed, consisting of one class of cows and one 

 class of bulls, for all contestants, basing their rating of the rea- 

 sons on the final official placing of the class as reached by the entire 

 committee. 



7. The judges' memorandum cards for a class shall be returned 

 to them while the reasons on that class are being rated. The clerk 

 shall read to the judges the reasons of each contestant without 

 allowing them to know the contestant's number. Each judge in 

 each group, after hearing the reasons of the contestant, and with- 

 out conferring with the other judges, shall write down on a card 

 prepared for the purpose the rating assigned by him to the con- 

 testant and sign his name. These cards shall then be passed to 

 the clerk, who will put the number of the contestant on them and 

 ascertain the average grade, which shall be the grade of the con- 

 testant on reasons. One hundred points shall constitute a perfect 

 grade on reasons. 



