The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-08-21
SELECTING JUDGES
The Proper Men 90 Award Premiums ~
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Country tairs,
A number Of writers In Tho Breeders
Gazette express their opinions ON this
important topic. A firm ~ exhibitors ~
fine cattle are moved ~ remark
Only thoroughly competent Judges
those who are known and recognized as
well informed experts u the breed Of
cattle 10 come before them. men who
have madcn study Of that special breed
men Of independence In Judgment aud
action, without prejudice, who will show
no favor and know no fricnds-should he
appointed to iill that very important po-
sitiun.
Men who have n very strong prejudice
for or against any special type or family
Of the breed should be avoided for such
position and in honor should decline
to act There are various marked types
and leading families in all the breeds,
each perhaps possessing equally desira
BILE characteristics.
The judge should continually bear in
mind that he is Judging the animals
and not the owners Exhibitors and
, spectators are usually good judges and
together compose shrewd, sharp, dis
eliminating audience and quickly detect
partiality or favoritism. Fair, impair
tial, honest Judgment will almost uni
versally command respect, even from
those whose animals are not winners,
but the contempt of the exhibitors and
of the public for Judge who has shown
himself to be "A mere tool for some friend
can hardly be expressed in words.
The Judge should in all cases require
that the date of birth of all young ami
mails be furnished him in writing, and
the difference in ages should be kept CON
stantly in mind and due allowance made
therefor. For instance, two calves or
two yearlings may compete, one born in
January and one in August. In such in
stances the best Judgment should be
used. Due allowance should be made for
condition, but all other points being
equal the animal in prime condition
should have the preference, for this con-
dition alone adds to the animals value
in the market 1t has cost money and is
an indication of health, thrift and vigor.
Judges are liable to attach too much
value to size rs against quality. Extreme
size, as compared with the average of
the breed under consideration, is almost
invariably accompanied by coarseness,
. which may be covered up by high flesh,
but which is very marked and extremely
Objectionable when in working condi-
ton. 1t is doubtless safe to say that, es-
: pecially among the dairy breeds, the
medium sized animals of the various
breeds have proved the most desirable
MS against either extreme. Vigor of con
= stitution should always be kept in mind
but extreme size is by no means an evi
dence of great vigor.
A word regarding the appointment o.
!. judges may not be inappropriate. SO fai
as possible they should be selected from
localities distant from the place of ex
hibition, thus avoiding the probabilit.
T. Of getting near neighbors or persona
; friends to exhibitors.
A breeder who speaks of himself as
"sheep man" says:
The Judge must be an honest man, Sc
Al lected and paid well by the association
Let it be man who knows wool iron
meat let it be a man who if he is aske,
why he did so and SO can give n reason
g. let it be man who has no friend whe
- the sheep are in the ring-let it be tn
best sheep to win and not the man; lie
it be q man in whom the exhibitor
r have confidence. 1t is said there are lot
: of chronic "kickers. " In my experienc
Of Z years there was no kicking" as
rule, without cause.
Do not have one exhibitor judge tn
other class of sheep and vice versa l
not care how honest their Judgment il
there will be "kickers, and sometime
not without a cause. If the judges wer
selected beforehand and their name
printed in the premium list, if an e1
hibitor did not like to show under tn
Judge, he could stay away. Again,
the exhibitor understood who the judg
would be, he would understand tn
sheep that would be best under hi
hand. Do not have butcher for breed
ing flock. While they may know som'
thing about n fat sheep they do not kno
anything about type or character, and
have had the pleasure of knowing onl
two butchers in America who knew ho'
to handle sheep.
There has been hue and cry abur
coloring and trimming sheep. A gre,
many people call for sheep in the sho'
ring as they come out of the pasture.
hope ! will not be showing when til;
time comes, When these people gu
dressing in their best and fixing u
when they go to meet friends, then
say let the sheep go in their ragged fori
to the fairs. 1t has been said it deceiv,
the judge to fix sheep up, but contr;
dict that statement by saying no jude
was ever deceived, because II sheep judl
will use his hand, and the man WI
stands back aud tries to judge by sigl
is no Judge.