8 AMERICAN POULTRY ASSOCIATION 
ity decision of this committee shall be final. Score cards made 
out by the judge in deciding protested awards are to be retained 
by the local association. 
When protests are entertained, where the judging has been 
done by score card, the specimens under dispute shall be re- 
scored by the judge, he to act as a member of the committee of 
three, as provided, the re-scoring to be done in the presence of 
the other two members of the committee on protests. 
Protests are not to be entertained except when made in writ- 
ing, and the person making same shall deposit with the secretary 
of the local association the sum of five dollars, this money to be 
returned to the person making the protest if his protest be sus- 
tained; if protest be not sustained, the deposit becomes the 
property of the local association. 
A uniform style of score card is recommended, with a view 
to having all associations use the same scale of points, and thus 
assist in making the work of the judges more accurate and uni- 
form. The form of score card printed in this book is used and 
recommended by a large majority of the leading judges. It is 
not copyrighted, and local associations are requested to use it, 
each card to bear these words : " Official Score Card of The 
American Poultry Association." 
Special consideration is to be given the matter of Standard 
weights and proper size at score-card shows and at comparison 
shows, respectively. Each specimen at all score-card shows 
shall be correctly weighed, regardless of circumstances. The 
practice of allowing a few ounces is expressly forbidden, inas- 
much as it works great injustice. It has a harmful influence on 
the judge, the exhibitor, the local association and the industry 
at large, and many times deprives prudent and worthy fanciers 
of prizes rightfully due them. 
Any exhibitor found guilty of faking, or of showing borrowed 
birds, shall be debarred from competition and shall forfeit any 
prize or prizes that may have been awarded him. 
