APPENDIX 563 



4. After a class has been officially placed by the judging com- 

 mittee, it shall be decided by the vote, while the animals are still 

 in the ring, whether there is a pair or pairs of animals in that 

 particular class sufficiently close to warrant the penalizing of the 

 student less than fifteen points for the switching of the pair in 

 question. It shall further be decided whether there is a pair or 

 pairs of animals in the class sufficiently widely separated to war- 

 rant the penalizing of the student more than 15 points for each 

 animal incorrectly placed. 



Two animals shall be considered as close if the animal second in 

 succession received more than one-half as many votes as the first 

 for the higher place. The two animals shall be considered as far 

 apart if the animal second in succession received less than one- 

 fifth as many votes as the first for the higher place. 



The student shall be cut 10 points instead of 15 for switching a 

 close pair; however, if the contestant separates the close pair by 

 a third animal there shall be no reduction in the amount (15) of 

 the cut. 



When a pair of animals within a class is far apart, the class 

 becomes divided into two groups. The student shall be cut 5 addi- 

 tional points for each lower-gTOiip animal that he places in the 

 higher group. 



5. The clerk will compare the placing of the animals on each 

 contestant's card with the official placing by the judges as deter- 

 mined by the plan above. One hundred points will be allowed the 

 contestant on placing if his placing is the same as that of the 

 official placing; and for each place that each animal is out of the 

 way fifteen points shall be deducted, except as otherwise provided 

 for in paragraph 4. Until after a report of the contest is made 

 public the judges shall not know what any contestant gets on 

 placing. 



The following scheme illustrates the variation in placing. The 

 correct order, A, B, C, D, gives 100 points, or perfect grade, for 

 placing : 



