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5. The superintendent shall not take part in the rating of the 

 contestants. 



6. He shall have charge of all records, shall have all ratings 

 tabulated and totaled, and shall deliver the results of the contest 

 to the general manager of the National Dairy Show Association. 



7. The superintendent shall not designate the animals for the 

 first class until after the assistants have taken charge of the con- 

 testants; he shall do this not more than thirty minutes before the 

 first class is to be judged. 



CLERKS, ASSISTANTS AND ATTENDANTS. 



1. The clerks, assistants, and attendants shall be at the command 

 of the superintendent, shall carry out his orders, and none of them 

 shall confer with the contestants unless so directed by the super- 

 intendent. 



2. The animals shall be held in a careful manner, so that all 

 contestants may have a fair chance to examine them. 



3. One assistant shall have charge of each group of contestants, 

 and shall see to it that each contestant in his group remains in his 

 presence the entire time the contest is in progress, except in cases 

 of emergency, and then as directed by the superintendent. 



4. Clerks shall also be provided for the judging committee. 



JUDGES. 



1. The judging committee shall consist of one man from each 

 institution having a team in the contest. This man shall be either 

 the head of the department which has charge of instruction in 

 dairy-cattle judging in the institution represented or the assis- 

 tant who coached the team, or another assistant who shall be desig- 

 nated by the head of the department; provided, however, that the 

 last-named assistant shall have the approval of the majority of 

 the members of the committee. If, for any reason, an institution 

 is not represented on the judging committee as above provided 

 for, the committee shall proceed with its work just as if each insti- 

 tution having a team in the contest were represented on the judg- 

 ing committee; however, a team from an institution which is not 

 represented on the judging committee is not eligible to compete 

 for team trophies unless good and sufficient reasons for the insti- 



