i9i i.] Regulations for Premium Stallions. 1025 



Premium stallion (i:e., not exceeding £2) or a Board's Premium 

 stallion (i.e., not exceeding as the case may be. 



4. The only payment to be made to the owner of a stallion by the 

 owner of a mare, to which a nomination for free service has been 

 awarded, is a groom's fee of 2s. 6d., payable on the occasion of the 

 first service. 



5. The prescribed form of application for a nomination of a mare 

 for free service by a Premium stallion can be obtained from the 

 Secretary of a County Committee, and when duly filled up it is to 

 be returned to him. 



6. The mare, for which an application is made, must be the bona- 

 fide property of the applicant, and no application will be considered 

 by a County Committee before or after the dates fixed for receiving 

 such applications. 



7. Before a nomination for free service can be awarded it must 

 have been certified to the County Committee by a veterinary surgeon 

 approved by them that the mare is (a) not over 12 years of age; (b) that 

 she is free from diseases, abnormalities, or defects likely to be repro- 

 duced in her progeny; (c) that she is free from any clinical appear- 

 ances of contagious disease ; and (d) that she is of good conformation 

 and otherwise suitable for breeding purposes. The veterinary inspec- 

 tion will be made free of charge, provided that the mares are presented' 

 for examination at the place and time appointed by the County Com- 

 mittee. 



8. When a nomination for free service has been awarded to a mare, 

 a free service ticket for her use will be forwarded to her owner. If 

 the service list of the stallion selected by the applicant is already full, 

 the applicant will be so informed by the Secretary of the Committee, 

 and advised as to the choice of another and suitable stallion. 



9. The owner of a Premium stallion, or his representative, may 

 refuse service by his stallion to any mare if the free service ticket 

 presented on her behalf has any erasure or alteration on it, which has 

 not been initialed by the Secretary of the County Committee, to whom 

 reference should be made in the event of any dispute. 



10. A County Committee may refuse to award a nomination for free 

 service to a mare without assigning any reason therefor. 



11. No person is entitled to receive a nomination for free service 

 for more than one mare in any one season. 



12. If the owner of a mare to which a free nomination has been 

 awarded fails without sufficient cause to send such mare to the selected 

 stallion, or neglects to avail himself of the right to a second or third 

 service, where necessary, he may be debarred from receiving any future 

 advantage under the Board's schemes. 



A nomination for free service will be forfeited and lapse : — 



(a) If the owner of the mare is also owner of the stallion selected; 



(b) If the person to whom a nomination is issued permits his 

 nominated mare to be served by a stallion other than that named on 

 the service ticket; 



(c) If the nominated mare is sold before service; 



(d) If the nomination has been obtained through any misrepresenta- 

 tion. 



