Thorndale Agricultural Society Rules and Regulations

• Rules and Regulations
• Privacy Policy
• Payment of Prizes
• Caution

1. All animals and articles must be the bona fide property of the exhibitor at least 10 days before the show.
2. Judges will please report themselves to the office before the hour of 10 o'clock on the day of the show.
3. Pedigrees must be produced if required.
4. A brood mare must have foal by her side, or hace sufficient evidence of having raised a colt in current year.
5. Any person violating the Rules and Regulation of the Society shall forfeit all the prize money awarded and shall be liable to a fine or expulsion from the Society at the discretion of the Directors.
6. All domestic articles, fruit, etc. must be correctly named.
7. All grain, root, fruit, etc must be the bona fide property of the exhibitor and grown by exhibitor and growth of the past year.
8. All exhibits in teh Homecraft Division to be brought in from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday or Friday from 9 to 12 noon.
9. All articles on exhibition in the Progress Building positively must not be removed until 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, and be out not later than 5:30 p.m. Prize money will be withheld if this rule is violated
10. All winners will have prize monies mailed November 1st. All prize money and special prizes must be claimed by December 15th, following, or they will be forfeited and become property of the Society.
11. Entry Forms may be delivered to the Secretary, at thier home, previous to the Fair dates, otherwise entries are to be at the office in the Progress Building no later than 12 noon on the Friday of the Fair.
12. Any exhibitor lodging a protest must make it in writing, and it must state plainly the cause of the complaint or appeal and must be accompanied by a deposit of $10.00, which sum will be forfeited to the Society if protest be not sustained.
13. While the Committee will take every precaution, under the circumstances to secure the safety of animals and articles sent to the exhibition, they wish to be distinctly understood that the owners themselves must take the risk of exhibitin them; and that, should any animal or article be accidentally injured, lost, or stolen, the Committee will give all the assistance in their power towards the recovery of the same, but will not make any payment for the value of the same.
14. Exhibitors--No membership fee,but must have exhibitor's number; 15% willb e deducted from all winnings in livestock, horses, ponies; 10% from the winnings of Homecraft and other classes. Except poultry, in which case, fee is 50 cents in each class. Poultry exhibits must be cooped by 9 p.m. Friday night.
15. Prize money will be withheld if exhibitor does not have a number.
16. Judges have discretionary power to withhold prizes and to rule out animals or articles that are not in their proper class.
17. The judges may user their own discretion as to awarding a premium when there is only one exhibitor and if the animal or article is not deemed worthy, they may withhold it altogether. In sections where there is only one exhibitor, only one prize is awarded.
18. Judges of Homecraft work are authorized to discard all soiled, defaced, or old work and are instructed to award the prizes to new and up-to-date work only. "Exhibitors Own Work".
19. Only one prize per entrant per class, unless otherwise stated.
20. All food, clothing, arts, crafts, and photography must be exhibitor's own work. Any violation of this rule will result in forfeiture of prizes, with name and reason given. This rule will be strictly enforced.
21. Anyone interfering with the judges while on duty, or found guilty of fraud, will forfeit all prize money.
22. No person to show more than one article in each class in grain, roots, fruit, or flower.
23. All Fruit, Roots, and Vegetables must be grown on exhibitors own property.
24. Judges decision will be final.
25. The Society will announce the Fair Day typographical errors in prize list which might affect changes in classes of prizes.
26. For the purpose of determining the winner of the premier exhibitor award an inverted points system to sixth placing in the individual classes will be used. The exhibitors placing in the Breeders Herd class will break a tie. If a tie remains, then consideration will be given to:
    1. placing in championship classes
    2. exhibitor with the least number of entries receiving points
27. The Electrical Safety Code Ontario, regulation 10/91, requires that all electrical equipment must be approved before it may be lawfully advertised, displayed, offered for sale, sold, or otherwise disposed of used in the Province of Ontario. **It is therefore the responsibility of each exhibitor to ensure that all electrical equipment in, or about, their booth comply with the above regulation. This includes the electical merchandise as well as lighting and display equipment. Should any of this equipment not conform, it is recommended that you request temporary permission to exhibit while the necessary approval certification is being sought. Please write directly to: Hydro One, 1075 Wellington Rd. S., Unit B1, London, ON, N6E 1M1, 519-681-4565, or the appropriate inspection department for the area you will be exhibiting in. Any question concerning regulations for booth wiring should be addressed to Hydro One (address above). Failure of electrical equipment to comply with the safety code requirements can result in the equipment being refused connection to the source of electrical supply and it may even be ordered removed from the display.
28. Entry fess paid to the Thorndale Agricultural Society will be used for the payment of prize monies at Thorndale Fair.
29. When an exhibitor signs the entry form, the exhibitor shall indemnify and hold harmless the Thorndale Agricultrual Society, their members, agents and employees from and against all claims, demands, losses, costs, damages, actions, suits, or proceedings by any third parties that may arise out of, or may attribute to, all operations performed by or carried out by the exhibitor, his agents, employees, servants, or anyone for whose acts he may be held liable, howsoever caused.

Any information collected by the Thorndale Agricultural Society regarding members, exhibitors, commercial exhibitors, sponsors, directors, and any other persons related directly to the business of the Thorndale Agricultural Society and the Thorndale Fair, will be solely used for the purposes of promotion of the Thorndale Agricultural Society and the Thorndale Fair; for processing payment of the prize monies and other payments owed; for publication of the winner's names in local papers; and for the maintenance of their files and data base. Any member, exhibitor, commercial exhibitor, sponsor, or director realizes that when they agree to take part in the Thorndale Agricultural Society and the Thorndale Fair, that their names may be published for these reasons only. None of this information whatsoever will be sold or transferred to any outside party for any reason.

The Society intends to pay prize money in full, but reserves the right to deduct a percentage in case of weather or unforeseen circumstances.

The Society will not hold themselves responsible for any accidents that may occur on the grounds during the Fair.

Notice: During the time of Sports and Races, rigs not entered are positively forbidden to be driven on the grounds under penalty.

Thorndale Fall Fair
September 23-25, 2011

Thorndale Fair Grounds
Thorndale, Ontario, Canda