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Conditions relaiinr/ to Live Stock. 
CONDITIONS APPLYING TO CERTAIN CLASSES 
OF LIVE STOCK ONLY. 
HOKSES. 
1. All foals must be the offspring of the mare along with which they are 
exliibited ; and the sire of the foal must be given on the certificate of entry. 
2. No veterinary inspection of horses will be required except when con- 
sidered necessary by the Judges, who will be accompanied by the Veterinary 
Inspectors. 
3. Hunters and Hackneys entered to compete in the light-weight classes 
will be disqualified if, in the opinion of the Judges, they are eligible to compete 
in the heavy-weight classes. 
4. A charge of IZ. for the accommodation of a horse-box, in addition to the 
entry-fee, will be made for each entry for stallions and mares with foals at 
foot. 
5. A charge of 10s. will be made, in addition to the entiy-fee, for the 
accommodation of a stall for each animal in the other Horse Classes. 
6. A charge of 10s. will be made, in addition to other fees, for the shedding 
accommodation for each vehicle brought with entries in the Classes 40, 41, 42, 
and 43. 
7. Any exhibitor wishing to remove his horse for the night will be allowed 
to do so on depositing 107. at the Secretary's office, and receiving an official 
pass — the time of leaving, and that of returning next morning, to be inserted 
thereon ; and if the animal be not duly brought back, the sum of 10^. will be 
forfeited to the Society for each Show day the animal is absent ; and the exhi- 
bitor will also forfeit any prize awarded to him in any class at the Birming- 
ham Show, and will not be allowed to exhibit again at the Society's Show 
until the forfeits are paid. 
Cattle. 
8. No bull above two years old will be eligible for a prize unless certified to 
have served not less thau three different cows (or heifers) within the three 
months preceding the 1st of June in the year of the Show. 
9. All bulls above one year old shall have rings or "bull-dogs" in their 
noses, and be provided with leading sticks. 
10. No cow will be eligible for a prize unless certified either at the date of 
entry or between the date of entry and that of the Show, to have had a living 
calf, or that the calf, if dead, was born at its proper time, within the twelve 
months preceding the date of the Show. Every Cow of the Channel Island 
breeds entered as in-milk shall be milked dry on the evening preceding the 
Show, in the presence of an officer of the Society, specially appointed for the 
purpose. » 
11. No heifer, entered as in-calf, will be eligible for a prize unless she is 
certified to have been bulled before the 31st of March in the year of the Show, 
nor will her owner afterwards receive the prize until he shall have furnished 
the Secretary with a further certificate before the 31st of January in the sub- 
sequent year, that she produced a living calf ; or that the calf, if dead, was 
born at its proper time. 
12. Shorthorns.— Each animal entered in the Shor.thorn Glasses must be 
certified by the Exhibitor to have not less than four crosses of Shorthorn 
blood which are, or are eligible to be, registered in the herd-book. 
