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the animals. This, together with the student's card for notes, will 

 be collected before the student leaves the examining room. 



TIME. 



1. Fifteen minutes for each class shall be allowed the contestants 

 in the ring to make their observations, write down their placings, 

 and make such notes as they wish to assist them in remembering 

 the class when they go to the examining room. 



2. When the contestants enter the ring, the animals shall be 

 moved around for two minutes so as to enable the contestants to 

 see them in motion. 



3. Each contestant shall be allowed fifteen minutes to write 

 down his reasons for placing each class of animals. 



CLASSES OF ANIMALS. 



1. Four animals shall constitute a class. In each breed there 

 shall be one class of bulls and one of cows. 



2. The cattle shall be known by cards (A. B, C, D) on the 

 animals' attendants. 



AGE CLASSIFICATION IN THE SHOW RING. 



The classification of animals in the show ring on the basis of 

 age, is a well established necessity. Animals subjected to compara- 

 tive placing should not vary too widely in age, especially when of 

 immature form. As a matter of common custom, an animal is 

 termed a yearling from the beginning of the thirteenth to the end 

 of the twenty-fourth month. Yet if we were to compare year- 

 lings born on January 2d and December 28th, of the same year, 

 we should quite likely find the older animal much the larger and 

 more mature. In the endeavor to establish uniformity in size and 

 age in cases of this sort, dates have been adopted for basing the 

 age classification of the younger classes of animals. A form of 

 classification is expressed in the following illustrations as applied 

 V) a fall show of cattle. 



Senior calf, calved on or after September 1st, shown the follow- 

 ing year. 



Junior calf, calved on or after January 1st, shown the same year. 



Senior yearling, a year older than the senior calf. 



Junior yearling, a year older than the junior calf. 



Two-year olds and under three, dating from September 1st. 



Three-year old and under four, dating from September 1st. 



Four years old or older are assumed to be mature animals, and 

 comparable irrespective of age date. 



