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MILDURA DISTRICT AND RETURNED SERVICEMEN’S
AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY INC.

SHOW REGULATIONS
Regulations governing the conduct of the Show

Every entry for competition or for exhibition only will be regarded as having been made subject to any and all of the Society’s Show regulations, conditions and provisions and every competitor or exhibitor shall be deemed to have made the entry with full knowledge thereof.

Exhibitors and all others concerned are requested to make themselves fully acquainted with the following regulations, and also those applicable only to exhibits in the section or class in which an exhibit is entered, to assist the Society in giving them effect and to ensure satisfactory conduct of the Show.

The Regulations will be strictly adhered to. The Show Society takes all care in the production of this Schedule of Events but accepts no responsibility for omission or errors that may occur.

Entry fees shall be paid at time of entry. G.S.T. has been applied on entries in all sections.
 
The closing date for entries - see each section for their closing dates.
 
No exhibit shall be received without a Certificate of Entry, properly filled in, signed and delivered by post or otherwise, to the Secretary, together with entry fees, on or before the date of closing of entries. The Secretary shall have power to extend the date of entry in any section.

The Council of the Society reserves the right of refusing or cancelling any entry without giving reasons for so doing.

Exhibitors must deliver their exhibits to the allotted position on the Show Grounds on or before the advertised time, with the supplied card, stating the class, section and the exhibit number.
 
Entry tickets may be issued at time of making entry, or in special circumstances can be obtained at the Secretary’s office at the Show Grounds, Mildura.

7 Section cards will not be issued until entry fees are paid.
Exhibitors must not remove their entries before 9.00 p.m. on the final day of the show
without permission of the steward except where otherwise specified in the schedule.

When ordered by the Stewards, exhibitors or attendants on horses and cattle must take the exhibits out to be Judged or for Parade. Exhibits shall be subject to a fine of $4.00 in each case in which the order of the Stewards is not obeyed.
Exhibitors of horses, cattle and sheep shall provide their forage. All exhibitors of Equestrian Events who make an entry and desire to withdraw same shall notify their intention to do so in writing to the Secretary of the Show not later than seven
(7) days prior to the commencement of the Show.
All exhibits must, except if otherwise allowed in the Schedule be the bona-fide property of the exhibitor and all farm and horticultural produce must be the production of an exhibitor exhibiting it. In the event of the exhibitor disposing of an exhibit between the date of entry and the day of the exhibition, he must give notice in writing of the sale, together with the name and address of the purchaser.
An exhibit appearing in the Show Ground, or in the ring set apart for judging purposes prior to judging, with any distinguishing badge or mark, shall be disqualified.
The Society shall not be responsible for any accident or mishap that may be caused through or by an exhibit and it shall be a condition of entry that each exhibitor shall not hold the Society responsible and indemnify it against any legal proceedings arising from such accident or mishap.
SHOW REGULATIONS CONTINUED
15. The Society shall not under any circumstances be held responsible for any loss or misdelivery of live stock or other exhibits at the Society’s exhibition. The Society shall not under any circumstances be held responsible for any loss by theft, fire, and storm, damage by water, food or lightning. The Council advises all exhibitors to insure their exhibits against any or all of the foregoing risks.
16.The signing of the Certificate of Entry of any animal shall be taken as a guarantee that the animal is free from disease, as far as is known to the owner; in case of infectious disease being spread through or by any exhibit, the exhibitor shall be held responsible.
Should there by any reason to suspect an exhibit is either diseased or dangerous, the Society reserves the right of refusing admittance to or removing the same from the grounds at the expense of the exhibitor.
Should any exhibit, having obtained a prize, be disqualified the next on the list does not necessarily obtain a prize. The Council of Management with or without the advice of the Judges shall decide the question.
19.The Council of Management may withhold any prize when statements have been erroneously or fraudulently made regarding an exhibit and exhibitors guilty of false entry or statements may be debarred from again exhibiting, and if members, will be liable to expulsion from the Society.
No prize card or ribbon except those won at the current Show shall be permitted to be exhibited on any exhibit.
The breeding year shall date from 1st August for horses, and for cattle, to date from day of Show.
All horses, galloways or ponies competing under schedule heights shall be measured by the Stewards who will issue a valid certificate and must be provided on demand. The Society may recognize current R.A.S.V. and E.F.A. Vic., or E.F.A. S.A. measuring certificates.
However, in the event of a disputed measurement, the Official measurer may call upon the Ringmaster for a second opinion and at their discretion may order any horse to be re-measured. The result of this measurement shall be final and binding upon the horse measured.
All Competitors and Showmen’s Dogs must be tied on a short lead, no longer than two metres. No dogs will be allowed on the arena whilst arena events are in progress.
PROTESTS AND DISQUALIFICATION
1 No protest against an exhibit or the decision of the Judge shall be entered unless made in writing and lodged with the Secretary of the Society within four hours of judging. A sum equal to 10% of the first prize money of the section in which the protest is made and not less than 2 must accompany each protest and this sum shall be forfeited to the Society if the Committee of the Society considers such protest frivolous.
2 Protests can only be lodged by exhibitors who have competed in that particular section.
3 The Society may, according to its discretion, fine an exhibitor to an amount not exceeding $50 for infringement of Rules, offensive behavior or corrupt practices, or may disqualify an exhibit or exhibitor for such a term or period as is considered necessary to meet the offence.
4 Where any person, the exhibitor or exhibit is fined or disqualified at any Show of any

Society, the Secretary of the Society shall report the matter to the Secretary of the Victorian Agricultural Societies Association and the Northern District Agricultural Societies Association, who shall forthwith notify all affiliated Societies thereof, and thereupon, disqualification shall be enforced at all Shows of the affiliated Societies. Any exhibitor fined by a Society for an offence shall not be permitted to exhibit at an affiliated Society Show while such fine remains unpaid.
29. The Council of the Association shall constitute an Appeal Board to take into
SHOW REGULATIONS CONTINUED
consideration any appeal against the decision of, or disqualification imposed by an affiliated Society upon any person or exhibitor or exhibit. Full particulars regarding appeals are obtainable from Secretaries of all affiliated Societies.
1 The name of any defaulter in regard to fees for privileges or that like shall be posted by the Society to the Association whereupon the Secretary of the Association shall notify all affiliated Societies. Any such defaulter shall be debarred from exhibiting or obtaining privileges from affiliated Societies until all claims have been fulfilled.
2 Where a disqualification has been imposed by an Association in respect of trotting conducted under the rules of the Harness Racing Board, the rules here relating to appeals shall not apply, but the decision of affiliated Societies shall be registered as aforesaid and in the case of an appeal to the Harness Racing Board, the decision of each Club shall automatically be the decision of the Council of the Association and shall be registered accordingly.

PRIZE MONEY
It is the responsibility of the exhibitor to claim prize money. Prize money for all pavilion exhibits is available for collection at the Offices of the Secretary, Show Grounds, Mildura during the period of the Show. Prize money not claimed and collected during the Show may be claimed and collected from the Society’s Secretary either in person or by mail up to and including the 30th November of the year in which the prize money has been won. Prize money not collected or claimed by the due date will be paid only at the discretion of the Council of Management. The Council of Management retains the right to withhold all or any portion of the prize money not claimed by the due date if it desires to do so.
All perishable exhibits not claimed by noon on Monday after Show week may be disposed of by the Society.
Should the Society postpone, alter or cancel the Show, no refund or entry money will be
made, but same will be retained as a donation to the Society’s funds. Regulations applicable only to exhibits or exhibitors in which they are exhibited and regulations governing exhibits published in the Prize Schedule, Entry Form, Catalogue of Exhibits or any official publication of the Society shall be part of the Society’s Show Regulations.
Where the Mildura Show Society deems to be insufficient entries in an event, the Mildura Show Society, reserves the right to alter the prize money awarded.
STEWARDS
Stewards must be in attendance at the Show Grounds at the appointed time to receive the exhibits and are responsible that the exhibits are correctly classed; all exhibits placed in each section together ready for judging, and direct Judge to the exhibit he was appointed to judge.
Stewards must supply Judge with award book of each respective class and will attend on the Judges to afford any information required, but will not say or do anything to influence their decision. They must not reveal the name of the owner or any exhibit or repeat any remarks the judges may make to each other.
Stewards will obtain prize cards and write the name of the successful exhibits thereon, and affix same on exhibit bearing the entry number of the award book; they will obtain the award book of the Judges when judging is completed and be responsible for delivery to the Secretary after affixing prize cards.
No steward who is an exhibitor in his particular class or classes shall remain in attendance while sections in which he is interested are being judged.
41. Should the stewards suspect that any exhibit is either diseased or dangerous; the stewards have the right of refusing admittance or removing the exhibit from the grounds at the expense of the exhibitor.
SHOW REGULATIONS CONTINUED JUDGES Judges will receive an award book from the stewards of the class in which they will judge, and will sign award books in each section and deliver same to the stewards.
No Judge shall be an exhibitor in the class in which he is acting as Judge.
The decision of the Judges shall be final with regard to all prizes offered, except in case where protests are duly lodged.
The Judges may award a second prize instead of a first prize or may withhold a prize
altogether where there is only one exhibit or where exhibits are not considered worthy. Every Judge shall be instructed to pass out and notify the Committee of the Society of any exhibit he may detect to have been tampered with or improperly dealt with.
AUCTION AND PRIVATE SALES
47. Auctioneers wishing to hold sales must notify the Secretary of the Society at least seven (7) days before the commencement of the Show. All auctioneers disposing of goods on the grounds must be members of the Society. A commission of five per cent will be charged on all sales affected. For private sales made by the Society, a commission of five per cent will be charged with the exception of art exhibited in the Realist Art Exhibition where the commission shall be 20%.
APPENDIX (A) CRUELTY AND DOPING
CRUELTY to all animals is forbidden either in the ring or in the paddock or elsewhere. An EXHIBITOR found guilty of committing a definite act of cruelty will be disqualified from taking part in all competitions of the Show where the offence was committed. The decision rests with a panel which will comprise of the Judge(s), Senior Steward of the Class concerned, the Society’s Chief Steward and the Society’s Honorary Veterinary Surgeon from which there is no further appeal.
DOPING - It is forbidden to administer any stimulant or depressant to any animal, or to cause to be administered in any way whatsoever either before the start of a competition, or during a competition, or on the previous day, under penalty of the owners disqualification for life.
If during a competition or after a test which forms part of a combined event, it is necessary to treat a horse with a drug that is calming, anti-tetanic, fortifying, stimulating, etc., the veterinary surgeon appointed by the Society must be informed immediately. He will verify the expediency of the treatment given and then make a report to the Council of Management who will decide whether the horse is allowed to continue or is to be eliminated.
All stimulating or fortifying treatment not considered necessary by the Society’s veterinary surgeon and administered during or after a test which continues on the following day(s) involves the compulsory elimination of the horse.
If the treatment has been for colic only, the Committee appointed to examine the condition of the horse decides before the beginning of the next test or event, whether the horse is in a fit state to continue or should definitely be eliminated.
Where an animal has been eliminated for suspected administration of any stimulant or depressant, the Committee shall report the matter to the Council of Management, who will consider within seven (7) days what penalty shall be applied.
The Committee, as mentioned under regulation 47, shall comprise of the Senior Steward and Judge(s) of the Class concerned, the Society’s Chief Steward, and the Society’s Veterinary Surgeon.
RANDOM TESTING FOR DRUGS
The Society may authorise random testing of any animal on the Show Ground
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The Committee shall also have the power to require that statutory declarations be made concerning any animal, exhibit, or competitor which they have reason to suppose is being exhibited or competing contrary to the rules connected with this exhibition.
The Society invites the exhibition of articles other than those for which prizes are offered at a normal fee of 50 cents per entry, but such exhibits will be non-competitive and for exhibition only.
No competition, other than the competitor before the Judge, will be allowed in the arena during the judging of Hunting Events. Only competitors in the Section before the Judges to be within the arena during judging. Competitors shall assemble in an allotted area, and enter when called. They shall return to the area while awaiting Judges decision after having completed their course.
When measuring a horse, Galloway or pony, an allowance of half (1/2) of an inch for shoes will be made. Should an exhibit be measured with shoes on and the exhibitor disagree with the Official Measurer’s decision as to the height of the animal, he may, should he desire, have it re-measured without shoes. The Official Measurer may in his discretion, request the removal of shoes from any horse, Galloway or pony, prior to measurement. Should a horse, Galloway or pony be found by the Official to be above or under the height for the class in which it has been entered, it will be transferred to a corresponding horse, Galloway or pony class.
The Committee reserves the right to bring an event forward provided all competitors
concerned agree.
Misbehavior by an exhibitor cancels any contract or licence entered into or granted by
the Society. No alcohol is permitted on the Show Arena.

Where entries are made in joint names or under a partnership to be eligible for the concessions in the entry fees as applying to members, the partnership must be registered as a financial member of the Society.
Where the member’s wife and/or family under the age of 16 years are exhibiting, she/they
shall be eligible for entry fee concessions as applying to the member.
Non-competitors must leave the ring at the discretion of Senior Stewards.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL PERSONS ENTERING ANIMALS AND APPLYING FOR TRADE SPACE
The Victorian Agricultural Societies’ Association adopted a new Insurance Scheme at their Annual Convention held at Cobram-Barooga in May 1987 - The Society has implemented these policies from 2003 Show, as laid down by V.A.S.A.
1. Extension for Liability of Animals - The Liability of Animals Policy is extended to all owners or people responsible for animals, wishing to participate in Show events. The Policy gives cover from the time that they enter our Showgrounds until they leave, but does not include transit cover. The cover applies to Horses, Beef & Dairy Cattle, Sheep, Goats, Pigs, Dogs (excluding dogs sanctioned by the Kennel Control Council) and Cats.
The charge of 40 cents is on the basis of each time an animal participates in any class (section).
2 Trade Liability - Public Liability Extension Policy to cover Trade Space Liability. This extension indemnifies the Trade Space holder for their Legal Liability against bodily injury or damage to property as a result of an occurrence caused by negligence of the Trade Space holders or as result of the Trade Space holder’s products. The cost of the Trade Space Liability to our Society will be $30.00 per site and is included in the site fee.

NO ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED UNLESS THE APPROPRIATE CHARGES HAVE BEEN INCLUDED WITH YOUR ENTRY FEE
SHOW REGULATIONS CONTINUED SPECIAL NOTICE TO ALL EXHIBITORS
All District Competitions are restricted to exhibitors whose horses are owned and stabled within 120 kilometers of the Mildura Post Office for at least six months prior to the 2008 Mildura Show and riders in all District Events must also reside within 120 kilometers of the Mildura Post Office for at least six months prior to the 2008 Mildura Show.
Names of the horses must be given at time of entry and in riding events the name of
rider must be given.
All exhibits to be in the grounds by 8.30 a.m. each morning.

SCRATCHINGS
Entries in all Equestrian events, no matter how made, are taken by the Society as genuine entries, and no scratching will be accepted or a refund of entry fees made unless the scratching is notified to the Secretary at least seven (7) days prior to the first day of the Show.
STABLING
Stabling for Equestrian Exhibits is available on the Ground.

Stabling consists of Loose Boxes, Roofed Stalls, Unroofed Stalls, Open Tie-Up Posts
and Rail Stalls.
All Stalls to be allocated - priority of allocation is: 1. Stallions; 2. Others.
All stalls will be allocated by the Senior Stabling Steward.
All competitors to abide by the decisions of the stabling stewards. ANY COMPETITOR

PLACING HIS HORSE IN ANY UNAUTHORISED STALL OR POSITION WILL BE
LIABLE TO DISQUALIFICATION BY THE STEWARDS.
NOTE: NO HORSES TO BE FED OR STABLED ON THE TROTTING TRACK.
NO STATIONARY FLOATS PERMITTED ON THE TROTTING TRACK.

STALLIONS AND COLTS:
Stallions and Colts must be correctly bitted and be handled by an adult 18 years and
over.

CARAVAN PARKING
Caravan parking and trucks used for sleeping quarters in close proximity to the horse
lines is available to EXHIBITORS ONLY. Parking space must be booked when making
entries. Booking must be accompanied by fee of $33.00 per caravan or truck and
lodged with entries, together with the size of the caravan or truck.

No caravans will be permitted to be parked in the stabling section before 9.00 a.m. on

Monday, 13th October.
Some horse floats may be allowed to stand in the grounds all day for a fee of $5.00.
Application to be made to the Senior Stabling Steward at the Showgrounds. Booking
will only be accepted at his discretion.

GRAND PARADE
A Parade may be organised for Saturday, 18th October, 2008.
All prize winners must parade at appointed time of Grand Parade.
If for any reason they must leave the grounds earlier, prior permission must be obtained

From the Secretary
Prize money not collected at the Show may be collected from the Secretary’s office
during the week following the Show. It is the responsibility of the Exhibitor to claim
prize money.