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tion it gives the exhibitor to be shown where his animal 

 lacked in comparison with the one above him, and no Judge 

 should act unless he is able to give the reason. 



While disliking to speak of myself as a Judge, I may be 

 pardoned in saying that I have acted as Judge at practic- 

 ally every State Fair in the Union and I make it a practice 

 to make this explanation after each decision and many and 

 many a time has the loser come to me and said: "Mr. 

 Lovejoy, I learned more today from what you have shown 

 me about weak points or undesirable ones in hogs than I 

 ever knew before, and I thank you, and I now know I was 

 not entitled to higher honors." 



A Judge in a hot ring has many little annoyances; for 

 instance there is the showman (and it is his right) who 

 brings in an animal that possibly droops a little in the 

 back, with possibly an inclination to sag too much, and 

 while the Judge is trying to find this out, the showman is 

 continually bumping the animal on the nose to keep its 

 head down and its back up. It is also amusing often to 

 find one of the exhibitors who is continually squatting be- 

 side or in front of his animal and patting it, trying to 

 attract the attention of the Judge to certain points that he 

 thinks might be overlooked. Let me say to this kind of 

 exhibitor that the Judge will find all the good points 

 quickly; what the Judge is looking for is the weak ones, 

 and if he knows his business he will find them. 



Eeally, the best showmen, who are not only good win- 

 ners but good losers, say very little to the Judge unless 

 asked a question, and this is as it should be, for the Judge 

 knows that the whole responsibility is on his shoulders and 

 he is willing to take this responsibihty without, rather than 

 with, the advice of the owner or showman. 



I always like to have the animal that I am judging walk 

 off naturally and without an attendant. I think this quite 

 important, as it will many times show up defects that an 

 expert showman will completely hide from the Judge if 

 the showman is allowed to show that animal all the time. 

 With this idea in mind, I invariably stand' where I can see 

 the animals come into the ring from their pens. 



If you are fortunate enough while showing to win the 

 blue or purple let that joy be confined in your heart; if 



