POINT SYSTEM OF

1. Entry Points: Points may be earned in the men's, women's, and co-rec division. Teams will not receive additional entry points for additional teams entered in the same division. Players can only receive points for one team. a. Entering a league = 100 points b. Entering a tournament = 50 points c. Entering an individual league/tournament = 50 points 2.

the want of competent judges in that class being most keenly felt throughout this Colony. In submitting his report, Mr. Bruce mentions that although the points have been to some extent tested, and would, he is confi dent, produce more satisfactory decisions than are now as a rule given under the present system of judging, it is not to be expected that they are yet perfectly correct. Such a result can only be arrived at by practice and experience ; but it is considered that the system will be found sufficiently accurate for all practical purposes.
The following explanation will enable the reader to more fully understand the system and the basis on which the values attached to the various points have been calculated.

PEDIGREE.
Combined with good shapes and a sound constitution and frame, a good pedigree is one of the most valuable points in stock, insuring as it does in a very high degree, when possessed by both sire and dam, success in breeding ; for then, and then only, does the saying that " like begets like " hold good.
The marks for pedigree would be fairly awarded on some such basis as the following:- (1) For stock which are not admissible in the stud or herd books of the respective breeds-no marks.
(3) For those having a better pedigree than those just admis sible, any number of marks above 5 and not exceeding 20, accord ing to the length of the pedigree and purity of the strains from which they are descended. OFFSPRING. In order to render an animal eligible for marks under the head of " offspring," the exhibitor should produce documentary evidence that the progeny of the animal had obtained at some Agricultural Societies' Shows, either say-2 first prizes, or 3 first and second prizes, or 4 second prizes. And if they had been successful in any of these cases, the 5 marks should be allowed. While if the animal's progeny showed a better record, the marks allotted might be increased to any num ber above 10 and not exceeding 20, according to the number of the prizes, and the standing of the shows and classes in which the prizes were won.  19. " The Legs."-The fore legs should be short, straight and well apart, and the hind legs should be set so as to give \ the hind parts a perpendicular appearance; while the / bone should be heavy, but    In framing a scale of points, it is of course necessary that there should be a fixed aggregate of points; and in fixing this ag gregate, care must be taken to do so at a number that will give the judges, when working under the point system, sufficient scope to mark the difference in merit of the point under consideration in the different animals. The following plates represent a Medium Combing Merino Ram and Ewe, the figures on the plates corre sponding with the figures in the annexed table, in which the differ ent points are described and the maximum values attached thereto •set down.
The points and values for ewes are the same as for rams, with the following exceptions:-the marks for " muzzle " are, for ewes, 4 instead of 5. Those for " horns " are omitted, and 5 marks are added for " evenness of covering." The above scale of points relates to medium combing sheep; by reducing the marks for " size " and " length of staple," and in creasing those for " softness " and " fineness," the scale will be suitable for fine woolled sheep; and by increasing the marks for " length of staple " and " brightness," and reducing those for ■"softness" and "fineness," the scale will answer for strong woolled sheep. *