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the variety and designating it as, passed. Thus fifty plates will he actually 
scored and ranked. A feature of identification will be the determination 
of the substitute plate and other substitutes, none of which shall be taken 
from varieties other than indicated in Section 3. 
(b) . Specimen substitutions may be made; providing, not more than 
two specimens on any single plate are substituted; or, not more than a 
total of 10% are substituted altogether. 
(c) . The jury shall select its own chairman and clerk, and make such 
detail regulations as in its judgment will facilitate the work of the con- 
testants. 
14. In the ranking of the plates of each variety by the contestant, 
temporary rank shall be made regardless of possible substitution ; permanent 
rank shall be made after allowing for substitution, i. e., by eliminating all 
plates containing substitutes. 
(c) . Contestants shall designate, by asterisk, under the proper letter 
on the score-card, all substitute specimens. 
(d) . For the correct designation and identification of a substitute 
plate, there shall be accredited to the contestant a separate item of four 
(.04) per cent to his general score. 
15. The rating of a team shall be determined by adding the percentages 
of identification, scoring, ranking and reasoning of its members and divid- 
ing by 3. 
(a). The rating of a contestant shall be determined by adding his 
percentage for identification, scoring, placing and reasoning. 
T2’ 
T5’ 
‘21’ 
Identification 
. 78 
84 
88 
Scoring 
. 82 
87 
91 
Ranking 
. 76 
83 
81 
236 
254 
260 =750 -r- 3 -=250 
The Team rating on 
these 
three 
plates would be 250 points out of a 
oossible 300. 
16. The three teams submitting plate ratings nearest in accord with the 
official ratings will be declared winners in the order in which their findings 
approach those of the jury. 
17. In the case of tie ratings between competing teams, such ties shall 
be “scored off” on any fifteen plates, three each of five varieties which the 
jury may select from the general exhibit of the society, providing no plate 
shall be of a variety not indicated in section 3. The identification, scoring, 
and placing in this test shall be similar in all respects to that of the general 
contest. 
