The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-01-12

delicate and responsible position. and not being
critical judge himself bow can he know
whether his friend Mr.. Smith Is u critical Judge
He does not know, hence the frequent mistakes
that made. The principle wish TO establish
Is this: That, in order to secure good Commit
tees. where awards will meet the appreciation OF
the public and intelligent stock men, the person
or persons whose duty IL may be 20 make the Sc
lections should be expert judges themselves.
Director No. ? is fine judge of sheep, Director
No. 3 is barister with merelya casual knowledge
of cattle, and yet these gentlemen designate who
shall act as judges. Can we wonder, therefore,
at unsatisfactory decisions frequently, rendered
by judges selected in this manner? Would il not
be better for the Superintendent OF departments
or classes to select the Committeeman 10 be used
in his department class, and in order to do this
work properly such Superintendent should be an
excellent judge yes, critical judge of the breed
Department p This " System e'O viii !" places n,s
the responsibility on one person. hence
his selections will be carefully made, and, as n
rule. no person will be appointed TO act as judge
who is not personally known To the Supenntend-
ent as an expert Jude wi III here say that in no
case should pers0nsbe appointed To make awards
neiShbors among the eShibiisrsHnot thst Se or
would desire 10 favor their friends or do other
exhibiters injustice but that with their personal
knowledge of their friends animals, with all
their best points Impressed on their Judgment
perhaps in some instances in an exaggerated man
ner-which would unit them from doing that
justice 10 other stock on exhibition, which they
would do were. 1t not for their personal knowl-
edge OF their neighbors' stock; therefore the
ceSslty OF selecting Judges as remote possible
from the exhibitors whose stock they are called
to pass Judgment upon. / would suggest in the
future that our judges of all the various breeds of
animals be critical judges-perhaps what may be
termed experts.
Under this system, fewer judges would be nee
essary. one Committee being all that would be
needed to make awards throughout the whole
class, except sweepstakes and even in this class
provided no animal were eligible TO compete eX-
cept animals which received first premium in
their class. This arrangement would limit the
sweepstakes to animals who were first-premium
animals in their respective classes and would
result in consistent decisions; whereas under the
old system, IL sometimes occurs that n second or
even third, premium animal in its class is hon
ored with the first premium In sweepstakes And
this fact deprives premium animals of much of
that credit they otherwise would receive. Ii Is
evident that the selection of experts for judges,
and them to be selected by superintendent of
Departments, perhaps with the Endorsement of
the President or Secretary OF the Board will give
more satisfaction than the old system.
The proposed system viii place the responsibility
of selecting Committeeman on one or two persons,
as the case may be, which will result in the
more careful selection of competent persons in
the future to make awards. These are the cOnvio-
tiOns forced upon me, after experience of
twenty five years in the management of Agricul-
tural Fairs. whether they are practical and can
be put into successful operation is the question.
An address by Professor f. f. White of
Purdue University, on Technical Training
in Americas Schools" was delivered last
evening, which closed the Delegate Board
session. The new State Board will organ
Ze to-day and elect officers.