The Republican journal., 1888-07-26
Entries close in this Department Saturday,
August 18th.
This Rule is Imperative.

l. Each eX ,ibitor i'll this department will
he charged an entrance fee of 500, which
must accompany the entry.
,. Animals competing for these premiums
must have been owned i'll Maine at least six
months before the exhibition.
3. Exhibitors competing for the fat stock
premiums shall furnish wrttrn statement in
detail of their method of feeding, ETC., and can
not divide pair for the purpose of competing
for single premiums.
4. The Executive Officers shall be allowed
to reject any animal they may consider I'M
worthy.
.. Awarding Committees in Cattle Depart
ment are expressly instructed that it is their
duty in every case to require from each exhib-
tor, In lots of. PURE BREEDS, satisfactory ev
dence of purity of breeding, as claimed; and
each committee in awarding a premium in any
such lot will be understood to say by such
award that, i'll their opinion the animals re-
celylng premium are beyond a reasonable
doubt purely bred, as claimed. They are fur
Their instructed that if they shall have good
reason to believe that any exhibitor, by false
entry or otherwise, attempts to deceive the
comm ttee Or the public, and obtain premium
by Misrepresentation they shall report the fact
at once to the President, who will cause an in
vestlSaflon of the Case; and if it is clearly
shown that fraud was attempted, the exhibit
tor thus offending must, upon order of the Ex-
ecutive Officers of the Society," be excluded
from competition at this Fair
8. Breeding animals, exhibited as such,
must in breeding condition, and evidence must
be produced if required, that they are breed
ers and not barren animals. All three years
old hefers in the several classes most have
borne a calf previous to the exhibition or
a hefer cannot compete.
Z. All applications for entry of thorough
bred cattle must be accompanied with the name
and age lin Years and months) of the animal to
be exhibited and the name of its sire and dam.
s. Pedigfees of all thoroughbred animals,
in all cases must be traceable to some AmeIi-
cen foreign herd-book for the particular
breeds to which they belong.
y Judges VIII not award sweepstakes prem
iums in this department in any division unless
the animals are superior in every respect.
10. The public exhibition and exhibit of
breeding cattle, working oxen and steers will
be made at the cattle rings and not upon the
race track.
IL. Exhibitors in this department will re-
port at the office of the Superintendent at S
O'Clock each morning for instructions.
DIVISION l.
HERD PREMIUMS.
Judges-EXperts selected by the Society,
For one bull two years old or over, one COW
three years or over, one COW two years, or I'M
der three, one heifer one year, or under two
one heifer under one year, $50 lst, Is I'd.
BULLS.
Best bull three years Old and over, S25 St
Is I'd, Sd.
Best bull two years old and over, SIS lst 10
Best bull one year old and under two, $40 st,
ID Sd.
Best bull calf under one year, s. LIST, ID,
2 Sd.
COWS, HELPERS AND CALVES.
Best COW three years old or over, 500 LIST, Is
ID, Sd.
Best COW two years old and under three, SIS
LIST, 10 ID, 3 Sd.
Best COW one year old and under two, $40 1st
ID 3 3D.
Best heifer calf under one year. So LIST, 3 I'd,
I'D
The same Premiums as per Short Horns are
offered for
DIVISION 2.
SHORT HORN STOCK.
Exhibitors will not be allowed to make but
one entry for herd of same breed.
HOLsTEIN STOCK.
es-Experts selected by the Society
DIVISION 3.
AMERICAN CATTLE CLUB JERSEYS.
Judges-Experts selected by the Society.
DIVISION
SUSSEX STOCK.
Judges.-Experts selected by the Society.
DIVISION ).
HEREFORD STOCK.
Judges. -Experts selected by the Society.
DIVISION G..
GUERNSEY STOCK.
Judges. -Experts selected by the Society.
DIVISION Z.
MAINE HERD BOOK JERSEYS.
Judges.-Experts selected by the Society,