CLYDESDALE HORSE SOCIETY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1329, 5 January 1912, Page 6

CLYDESDALE HORSE SOCIETY.

FIRST VOLUME OF THE STUD HOOK.

The council of the recently-formed Uydesdalo Horse Society of New Zealand lias prepared general rules in connection with onirics for the first volume of the stud book. The prncipal rules provide — All entries when lodged become the property of the round!, ami are. received subject to tho decision of the council, to whom is reserved full right to investigate, amend, cr alter, and to publish in tlio original, or in an amended or altered torn), or not to publish, auy or everv pedigree- presented for , entry; and no pedigree lodged with tho council can thereafter bo withdrawn or altered by the entrant or other person, except by the written authority of the council. Ihe last date for issuing schedules at ordinary fees will be March 1, 1912. All entries must be made on the society's official forms.

Iho secretary cannot undertake full responsibility for entries handed to him otherwise than through the post by registered letter. ' , J

Iho name and address of the breeder of every animal the pedigree of which is sent for registration, together with the name ot his stud farm, must be given on -the

■The ago, colour and white markings of every animal shall be given. In the case nn£°"f ne S M II J n the Po£*Sston Of entrants,! this will be imperatively demanded, and breeders and owners are requested to he vorv careful in statin? marks. An error in the description of an ammal may lead to serious consaquenccs. hogarding the difference be- .-" a / u y L a , u<l " br own," it should be noticed that "hay" is the lighter colourbrown stands midway between "bav" and "black.- .

Adines already appropriated hi the Stud Book ot the Clydesdale Horso Society of Great Britain and Ireland, or any other casting Stud Booli, should not be mado «se pi, and such names may bo rejected by the- council. . Any breeder, on the pay""•li ?. x one 8 . may-register a name with tho society to-be used by way of prefix or suffix to the names of his hordes and [in shall have exclusive 'right to the use of such name.

All foals must be registered in the first volume published after their birth. When this is neglected, they may be enteral at doublo fees provided the colours have been notified to the secretary before tho urst March succeeding their birth. Pedigree Rules. .' -* n l" stallion-or marc may bo registered fund Boos of tireal Britain and Ireland out of a mam entered in tho same book, and any other stallion or mare may. be registered thn pedigree of which lias'been' proved or attested to tho satisfaction of cho council, and approved by the council and each horso so entered shall carry the society s registered number. In every case there must bo riven in tho entry form the name and address of the breeders of the sire and of the-dam ot the animal proposed for registration. Entry Fees. Members.—Stallions, 10;.; mares, 5s ■ foals, entered as produce, 2*. Gd This amount will be Tcbated in the case of animals given a number in any future volume. Late fee: M per cent, extra .Yon-mombers doublo tho above rates'