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4. All Foals must be the offspring of the Mare along with which they are 
exhibited for the Prize. 
5. The Ewes in each pen must be of tiie same flock. 
6. The three Sow-Pigs in each pen must be of the same litter. 
7. The Judges of Pigs will be instructed, with the sanction of the Stewards, 
to withhold Prizes from any animals which shall appear to them to have been 
entered in a wrong class; aud to affix a placard of disqualification to the 
pens of those animals. 
8. All Pigs exhibited at the Country Meetings of the Society shall be 
subjected 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 
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Entry, the Stewards shall have power to disqualify such Pig, and shall report 
the circumstance to the Council at its ensuing Monthly Meeting. 
9. If a litter of Pigs be sent with a Breeding Sow, the young Pigs must be 
the produce of the Sow, and must not exceed three months old. 
10. No Horse shall be exhibited without a certificate from a Member of 
the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, as to the state of the animal with 
reference to hereditary diseases, particularly those of the respiratory aud 
visual organs; which certificate shall accompany the Certificate of Entry; 
but that the above shall not supersede the usual examination by the Society’s 
Veterinary Inspector. 
Hulls or Adjudication. 
1. As the object of the Society in giving Prizes for neat cattle, sheep, an^ 
pigs, is to promote improvement in breeding stock, the Judges, in making 
their awards, will be instructed not to take into their consideration the pre¬ 
sent 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 on 
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 Prize 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. 
1. The Judges will be instructed to give in a c: Reserved-number” in eacli 
class of Live-Stock; viz., which animal would, in their opinion, possess suffi¬ 
cient merit for the Prize in case the animal to which the Prize is awarded 
should subsequently become disqualified. 
5. In the Classes for Si allions, Mares, and Fillies, the Judges, in awarding 
the Prizes, will be instructed, in addition to symmetry, to take activity and 
strength into their consideration. 
G. 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. 
Conditions referring only to the Prizes offered by the Highland 
and Agricultural Society of Scotland.* 
1. The Certificate as to Bulls having served Cows, as required by Rule 1 
of the “ Conditions applying to certain Classes only,” will not be required in 
the Scottish Classes. 
2. No Heifer, except Yearlings, entered as in-calf, will be eligible to 
receive a Prize, until her owner shall have furnished the Secretary of 
