RULES AND REGULATIONS
EXHIBIT HALL HOURS ARE 10:00 A.M. – 10:00 P.M.
(1:00 P.M. – 10:00 P.M. ON SUNDAY).
1. Delivery trucks will not be allowed on concession ground after 10:00 A.M. each morning.
2. The Board reserves the right to make any changes they deem necessary in the premiums as stated in the premium book.
3. All Livestock Exhibitors must pay into the treasury an Exhibitor Fee of Three ($3.00) Dollars which shall entitle such exhibitor to enter animals for competition. Livestock exhibitors must pay per head and stall/pen fees as indicated.

All exhibitors entering Still Exhibits must pay the Exhibitors Fees as indicated.
1 to 10 articles $4.00
11–15 articles $6.00
16–20 articles $8.00
21+ articles $10.00

All exhibitors by this payment will receive one admission ticket given by a Dept upon presenting articles(s) for competition. Exhibitors may enter articles or animals for competition subject to the rules and regulations of this Society except as otherwise provided.
4. Competition in all classes not differently specified shall be open to the world. No articles can be entered except in the name of the bona fide owner. Ownership is not required for an exhibitor to show in any animal classes other than Market Classes.
5. The entry books will be open by the first business day in August, at the office on the grounds, and each day thereafter until the entries close, and also subject to Rule 6.
6. The Society reserves the right to reject entries including speed when available space in buildings is taken, or for any other reasonable cause.
7. Exhibitors will attach the entry cards procured from the Secretary as they properly belong, for the benefit of the superintendent and judges. No animal or article can be entered for more than one premium except as specifically stated in this catalogue.
8. Society will not accept exhibits unless accompanied by exhibitor or attendant.
9. No bull shall be allowed to enter the grounds or remain thereon without safely secured and in charge of a person to manage it, and if over one year old, without a substantial ring in the nose.
10. Any exhibitor in any department interfering in any way with the decision of the judge shall forfeit all right to premium.
11. The Society will furnish no forage or straw for any show classes of stock, including horses entering in the speed events. Exhibitors will see to the watering and feeding of their own stock, unless otherwise stated.
12. No animal or article shall be removed from the grounds before 10:00 p.m. of the closing day of the fair, except on written permit of the superintendent of the division.
13. Any person violating any of the rules of the Society, or any exhibitor attempting to deceive the Superintendent or Judge of any department as to age, ownership or eligibility of any animal, or bird, or the ineligibility of any article to compete for premiums under the rules of the Society, shall forfeit his or her right to compete for premiums.
14. The Board of Directors may impose any form of discipline that it deems appropriate for a violation of the Articles, By-Laws, rules or regulations of the Society.
15. It shall be the duty of the division superintendents to take charge of arranging the articles of their respective divisions, to keep order, and assist in the care of the property in their divisions, and to assist the judges in keeping their books, attaching premium cards, or ribbons, and return the record of awards to the Secretary.
16. The superintendent of safety shall have the entire supervision of police and marshals and shall have power to establish such police arrangements as he or she may deem necessary. It shall be the duty of the police and marshals to execute the orders they may receive from time to time from the superintendent of safety, guard against the infringement of any rule, the jumping of fences, or driving automobiles, golf carts or motorized vehicles on the track or grounds without permission. The use of golf carts and scooters require advanced approval from fair management.
17. The superintendent will carefully make a record in the entry books of their respective departments of all awards on articles or animals. A premium card or ribbon placed on the exhibit is no guarantee of awards. It is governed by the records on the Judge’s books.
18. Judges will in no case award a premium where there is evident fraud in entry, or the articles or animals are not worthy, neither will they award two premiums to an exhibitor on articles competing, except in selected sections in Department 1 to 19.
19. Judges will not recommend or make awards on more articles or animals than there are premiums offered in the official printed list unless authorized by Superintendent and Secretary.
20. The records of awards as offered in the official premium list and returned by the superintendents and judges of the different departments shall be authority recognized by the Secretary in drawing premium orders.
21. The payment of premiums will commence Monday a.m. of fair week or thereafter as soon as possible and continue through October following each annual fair.
22. Premium checks will be sent by mail to exhibitors. Premium checks should be cashed within 30 days. Any un-cashed checks by the end of six (6) months from issue date shall become void. Checks may be issued during fair week for horse, pony, mule & farm tractor pulls.
23. PROTEST – All protest must be made in writing and state the specific cause of the complaint or appeal. Any Exhibitor may file a complaint regarding any of the following: (a) Conflict of interest of the judge (b) Disqualification of an exhibit or exhibitor (c) Exhibitor, group leader or superintendent behavior (d) Eligibility of the exhibit. The result of the decision by the judge(s) is final. Exhibitors have 10 days from the close of the fair to file a complaint or appeal with the Fair Office. All protests will be considered by the Board of Directors at the October or December meeting following each annual fair. The Board of Directors will then issue a notice recommending action on the findings. The exhibitor has 45 days from the date that the complaint was filed with the fair to file an appeal with the Department of Agriculture. The department has 60 days to investigate the appeal and issue a report on the findings. In each case of protest the party protesting must deposit with the superintendent of their department the sum of Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars, which sum shall, in the event of the protest being sustained, be returned to the complainant, and if the protest shall not be sustained, then said sum shall be forfeited.