Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1888-09-20
REGULATIONS


Every article or animal entered for com.
petition shall be under the control of the
officers of the Fair, and the society viii!
take all proper care-having a day and
night police always on the grounds during
the entire week. But the president will.
in no case, be responsible for any loss or
damage that may occur.
The marshal, police and olfic rs Of the
society are clothed with all the powers OF
peace officers that the sheriff of county has.
Gentlemen are politely requested to re-
frsin from smoking or splitting on the seats
during exhibitions.
No gambling, drunkenness or other i'm
morality will be allowed on or near the
Fair Grounds, and strict order and deco
rum will be enforced. An efficient police
will be in attendance to enforce order and
eject all drunken and disorderly persons
from the grounds.
When booths or grounds arc leased, no
admission tickets for lessees or assistants
shall be given, nor shall any team or en-
ployes with supplies be admitted between
a. m. and ) p. m, during the Fair, with
out regular admission tickets.
Goods and stock must be delivered on
the ground, and put in place By exhibitors,
and removed by them at the close of the
Fair. No animal or article may be remov-
ed from the show ground until o'clock
p. m. Of the last day OF the Fair. A trans
gression Of this rule will incur forfeiture
of any premium awarded.
The award of premiums will be desig.
mated as follows: First premium, by a
blue ribbon; the second premium, BY a
red ribbon; honorable mention, BY a vel
low ribbon.
The society reserves the right to with
hold the premiums in every case in which
it shall appear to the executive committee
that the regulations-have not been com
piled with, or that fraud or deception has
been practieed or attempted.
| Charges for live stock stalls are as fol
lows for the week of Fair:
Speed stalls for horses. .0C
BOX staiis. Z.OI
open stalls........ ....... .-............,. l.O'
| cattle stalls.................... 5'
Payment must be made at time stall
are secured. Straw bedding free. NJ
charge for hog and sheep pens. Stall
can be secured at any time beihre fair
Feed furnished on the grounds at loves
market price.
ANY person who shall enter stock an,
occupy a stable, stall or pen Herewith, an
fail to show the same ut time and plac
called or fixed in the programme in tn
class entered, shall be required to pay
penalty of not less than S., in discretion
the board of managers; and the stock S
entered shall not be removed from th
grounds until such fine is paid.
Should it rain any day ofthe Fair thi
days programme will be passed over an
omitted.
All entries to the Hall must be mad
= previous to IL o'clock N, Of Wednesda
the second day of the Fair.
1t shall be the duty of the president
select three or more Judges to award pr
miums. Ii Judge be objected to by 8
exhibitor il shall be the duty Of the pre-,
dent to make another selection. POSITIVE
ly no appeal from the decision of the cot
mitiee.
Owners are permitted to exhibit %,
own stock.
No persons but tie officers of the Fa
judges and grooms of stock will be allow
to go inside of the ring during the exhi
tiCn of stock, and no one will be allow
to interfere with the awarding commit,
No one shall act on the awarding CO
mittee who is related to any person col
peting for premium before such comm
tee.
, No member Of any awarding commit
. shall express his opinion on the merits
r any animal or article bef,re him. but sh
write numbers, to which. in his opini
the premiums aud certificates should
awarded and deposit the same in the b