Judging Live Stock.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1895, 29 October 1886, Page 2

Judging Live Stock.

Our annual Show is close at hand, and the question of judging live stock ia sure to be talked over among breeders. We therefore call attention to an article which appeared a little while ago ia the Mark Lane Express on the subject. The writer urges “ that then should be a scale of points drawn np for judging all breeds of domesticated animals. The judges should work to such programme' and the awards should be declared by the stewards after reckoning np the judges’ books. The world should know why any particular animal was placed first and chants pion at one meeting and not noticed at another, or why any other anomalens decision had been arrived at. We can see no better way out of the difficulty. The time has evidently come for an entire change in our show system, and the more thorough it is made the more likely it will be to give general satisfaction. If a scale of points had to be worked to, and the statement published, the result would be intelli-, pible, whether one judge or three were employed, and the greater number of judges the greater would be the interest in the result. As matters stand now, either one, two or three judges are set to work. If one man has the work to do, the result is simply a reflection of his own judgment, without rea* so is given for it. If two men are employed, ! e r, suit is based on a mere give»and“lake polio* If three judges enter the ring on 2 of them continually stands to be outvoted. The system of appointing two judges would go by far the best of all existing arrangements if umpires were appointed beforehand, and called in every time there was a difference of opinion between the judges. As it is, one man gives in to the other on one occasion, and expects the other to give in to him when the next disagreement occurs. Theie is neither justice nor common sense in this. Each of the judges has a right to maintain his own opinion, and it is only justice to the exhibitors that he should do so. Let the umpire decide, and take the responsibility. Two.really good men will not call an umpire very often ; but they should call every time he is wanted, however often, and never give or take in respect of any point which they consider to be of material importance.