Condition^ relating to Live Stock. 
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CONDITIONS APPLYING TO CEKTAIN CLASSES 
OF LIVE STOCK ONLY. 
Cattle. 
1. No bull above two years old will be eligible for a prize unless certified to 
have served not less than three different cows (or heifers) within the three 
months preceding the 1st of June in the year of the Show. 
2. All bulls above one year old shall have rings or " bull-dogs " in their 
noses, and be provided with leading sticks. 
3. 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 live 
calf within the twelve months preceding the date of the Show. 
4. No heifer, except yearlings, entered as in-calf, will be eUgible 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 that she produced a live calf 
before the 31st of January in the subsequent year. 
5. Shorthorns. — Each animal entered in the Shorthorn Classes, shall be 
certified by the Exhibitor to have not less than four crosses of Shorthorn 
blood which are registered in the herd book. 
Horses. 
6. All foals must be the ofi'spring of the mare along with which they are 
exhibited ; and the sire of the foal must be given on the certificate of entry as 
■well as sire of the mare. 
7. No veterinary inspection of horses will be required except when con- 
sidered necessaiy by the Judges, who will be accompanied by the Veterinary 
Inspectors. 
8. A charge of 11. for the accommodation of a horse-box will be made for 
each entry for stallions and mares in-foal, or with foals at foot, which includes 
hay, straw, and green fodder. 
9. A charge of 10s. will be made for the accommodation of a stall for each 
entry in the other horse Classes, which includes hay, straw, and green fodder. 
Sheep. 
10. AH rams, except shearlings, must have been used in the present season. 
11. Sheep exhibited for any of the prizes must have been really and fairly 
shorn tare after the 1st of April in the year of the Exhibition ; and the 
date of such shearing must form part of the Certificate of Entry. Three 
Inspectors will be appointed by the Council to examine the sheep on their 
admission to the Show- Yard, with instructions to report to the Stewards any 
cases in which the sheep have not been really and fairly shorn hare. 
