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as much speed as is possible in a small ring, while high 

 steppers show at a park gait of eight to twelve miles, 

 unless " pace and action " are specified. All horses are 

 required to stand in pose either squarely on their feet or 

 camped. 



Performance alone may count, or, in addition, confor- 

 mation, quality, manners and appointments, proportion- 

 ately, as specified in the catalogue. 



324. " Vetting." — Veterinary examination may be re- 

 quired before the horses are shown, a report of which is 

 to be furnished to the judge when the class is called, or 

 they may be shown subject to disqualification, in case 

 they manifest unsoundness in the ring. Unsoundness 

 detected or suspected in the show ring by the judge is 

 usually referred to the official veterinarian, whose rulings 

 are final. Also, measurements and determination of age, 

 as in the breeding classes, are settled by the veterinarian 

 and the entries qualified or disqualified upon this basis. 



Cattle. Methods and practices differ sufficiently in the 

 showing of beef and dairy cattle to warrant separate con- 

 sideration of them. 



325. Beef cattle, in the steer and cow classes, are 

 shown in halters, unless a particularly unruly one re- 

 quires a ring in his nose, while bulls are regularly led by 

 a ring in which a strap is snapped. 



The coats of beef cattle receive special preparation. 

 Both sexes of those breeds which have a sufficiently long 

 and heavy coat, as the Short-horn, Hereford and Galloway, 

 together with their pure bred and grade steers, are shown 

 rough, i.e. Avith the hair washed out and then brushed or 

 combed the wrong way or arranged in some fantastic 

 design. Showing rough enables a clever show man to 

 overcome the appearance of many defects, roughing the 



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