Conditions relating to Prizes. 
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. 
6. All foals must be the offsprings of the mare along with which they are 
exhibited for the i^rize. 
7. The ewes in each pen must be of the same flock. 
8. The three sow-pigs in each pen must be of the same litter. 
9. The Judges of pigs will be instructed, with the sanction of the stewards, 
to withhold prizes from any animals which sliall appear to tliem to have been 
entered iu a wrong class, and to affix a placard of disqualification to the pens 
of those animals. 
10. All pigs exhibited at the coimtry meetings of the Society shall be sub- 
jected to an examination of their mouths by the veterinary inspector of the 
Society ; and should the state of dentition in any pig indicate that the age of 
the animal has not been correctly returned in the certificate of entry, the 
stewards shall have power to disqualify such pig, and shall report the circum- 
stance to the Council at its ensuing monthly meeting. 
11. No horse shall be exhibited without a certificate from a Member of the 
Eoyal College of Veterinary Surgeons as to the state of tlie animal with refer- 
ence to hereditary diseases, particularly those of the respiratory organs, which 
certificate shall accompany the Certificate of Entry ; but the above shall not 
supersede the iisual examination by the Society's Veterinary Inspector. 
EULES OF ADJUDICATION, 
1. As the object of the Society in giving prizes for neat cattle, sheep, and 
pigs, is to promote improvement in breeding stock, the Judges in making 
their awards will be instructed not to take into their consideration the present 
value to the butcher of animals exhibited, but to decide according to their 
relative merits for the purpose of breeding. 
2. If, in the opinion of the Judges, there should be equality of merit, they 
will be instructed to make a special report to the Council, who will decide hn 
the award. 
3. The Judges will be instructed to withhold any prize if they are of opinion 
that there is not sufficient merit in any of the stock exhibited for such jirize 
to justify an award ; should, however, the question of disqualifying a whole 
class arise, the Judges shall consult with the stewards of the yard, and their 
joint decision shall be final. 
4. The Judges will be instnicted to give in a " reserved number " in each 
class of live stock, viz., which animal would in their opinion possess sufficient 
merit for the prize in case the animal to which the prize is awarded should 
subsequently become disqualified. 
5. In the classes for stallions, marcs, and fillies, the Judges in awarding the 
prizes will be instructed, in addition to symmetry, to take activity and 
strength into their consideration. 
6. The Judges will be instructed to deliver to the Director their award, 
signed, and stating the numbers to which the prizes are adjudged, before they 
leave the yard. 
