Added Sweepstakes: Champagne – open and youth (Shiane Boyer)

BALTIMORE & HOWARD Co. RABBIT & CAVY BREEDERS ASSOCIATION Double Open (2 open rabbit shows) HARE RAISERS Youth 4-H CLUB Single Youth (1 Youth show) For our cavy catalog please check the cavy show listing on the ARBA web site, or e-mail Faith Storms at [email protected]. The cavy shows are double open and double youth, as well as some fun cavy shows

Saturday, April 1, 2017 (No Foolin’!) Howard County Fairgrounds, 2210 Fairgrounds Rd. West Friendship. MD 21794 • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Since the rabbit shows are held by 2 different clubs, youth may show the same rabbit in open. Adult owned (or co-owned) rabbits may not be shown in youth. Youth rabbits are to be in by 8 AM, youth judging starts at 9. Open rabbits to be in by 9:30 AM. Open rabbit show will follow the youth show. Bounced check fee is $20. Mail-in or PayPal friends and family entry fee is $4 per rabbit per show, postmark Saturday, March 25. E-mail rabbit fee is $5 per rabbit per show, and must be in by Tuesday, March 28 midnight. If you use PayPal friends for your e-mail entry, then mail-in fees apply (see box below for information). Fur is $2 per rabbit per show. Day of show rabbit is $10 per show. All e-mail entries will be confirmed – if you do not get a confirmation in 24 hours please call the show secretary. Feel free to e-mail about receipt of mailed entries. Changes at no charge may be made up to 5 PM the Thursday before the show and you can change anything including the breed. Day of show changes are ear number only and $1 per show. Any other changes are scratch and day of show entry – please e-mail your changes by 5 PM Thursday! No refund for day of show scratches, but we do refund for cancelling an entry as long as we get that by noon the day before the show. No shows are expected to pay for e-mailed entries. Check your cards or check-in sheets against the rabbits you brought: once judging has started, no changes can be made even if it’s the show secretary’s mistake. Save time in line at the show! We now accept PayPal. Send your payment to [email protected]. Please send it as friends & family so we don't have to pay the 5% PayPal fee. In the comments section please put the exhibitors name(s) and the show(s) you are entering so that we may correctly credit your entry. Entry fee is charged as a mail-in entry as long as you send it “friends & family.”

RABBIT SHOW SECRETARY: Baltimore & Howard and Hare Raisers 4-H Clubs

Wayne Sanders 205 Devon Ave Linthicum, MD 21090 410-636-5022 [email protected] Please no phone calls after 9 PM ☺ Cavy show, contact: Faith Storms at [email protected]

JUDGES Robert Frizzell, MD Paul Kyle, PA Donna Grimm, NY

Jodi Hartman, NY Tom Schweikart, PA Kim Weems, MD

SHOW SUPERINTENDENT: Wendy Feaga REGISTRAR: Robin Keyser Writers: Please help by writing for your breed. If there is no writer, we will move to the next breed. OFFICIAL ARBA SANCTIONED SHOW Eric Stewart, Secretary, PO Box 5667, Bloomington Il, 61702, Sanction fee $25 adult show, $20 youth show; adult dues $20, youth $12

ARBA Convention, Indianapolis, IN Oct 1-5, 2017

OPEN BREEDS SWEEPSTAKED – Baltimore & Howard Added Sweepstakes: Champagne* American Chinchilla, Angora – all 4 breeds*, Britannia Petite, Californian, Dutch*, French & English Lop*, English Spot, Flemish Giant, Florida White, Himalayan*, Holland Lop*, Jersey Wooly*, Lionhead*, Mini Lop*, Mini Rex*, Netherland Dwarf*, New Zealand, Polish*, Rex, Satin & Mini Satin, Silver Fox*, Tan. *Denotes youth sweepstaked breeds – Hare Raisers Youth 4-H Club

If you would like to sponsor an additional breed, please contact Wendy Feaga [email protected] For information on specialty clubs please visit http://www.arba.net/ Emergency day of show number: 410-206-8173 (Wendy Feaga’s cell phone). Breakfast and lunch are provided by the Hare Raisers 4-H Club. ☺

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This show will conform to all ARBA show rules. All stock must be permanently & legibly earmarked. The decision of the show committee as to the placing of the breeds on a judge's show table will be final. Rabbits should be cooped by breed wherever possible. Any bad checks must be made good, or the exhibitor will be left off all show reports. Bounced check fee $20. Any stock showing signs of disease will be removed from the showroom and entry fee forfeited No breeding allowed in the showroom. Exhibitors must act in a professional manner toward judges and the show committee, and follow the directions of the show committee or security officer, or they and their exhibits will be removed from the showroom, and entry fee forfeited. Parents are responsible for actions of their children. No alcoholic foods or beverages on the show grounds. The BHCRCBA will not be responsible in the case of fire, theft, and injury or providential loss, but every precaution will be taken to prevent these losses. In the event of a dispute in the placing of a rabbit, the show record will determine the placing. Rabbits exhibited in Maryland are to have a Self Certification Certificate of Health. These will be available in the showroom, but submission of an entry will serve as certification, which reiterates rule #6 above. Please, if you realize you have rabbits which are ill, leave them home or in your vehicle. Maryland has a rule that animals must be at least 8 weeks old to be sold.

Awards Open Show A: Best in Show - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Chair First Reserve - - - - - - - - - - - - Fancy Rosette Second Reserve - - - - - - - - - - - Fancy Rosette BOB, BOS, with 10 or more - - - - - -Aprons Above with less than 10 - - - - - - - Rosettes N. Dwarf BOG/BOSG - - - - - - - - - -Rosettes

Youth: Best in Show - - - - Trophy First Reserve in Show - - - - Trophy Second Reserve in Show - - - - Trophy BOB, BOS (10 or over shown) - - -Document Bags BOB, BOS (under 10) - - - - - - - - - - -Rosettes

BOV/BOSV - - - - - - - - - - - - Pens or Double overlay ribbons Open Show B: money awards only – no ribbons BIS - $25, First Reserve $20, Second Reserve $15, BOB/BOS $5 if 10 or more in breed.

RAFFLE TABLE: Be sure to visit our Raffle Table! Raffle donations are appreciated. Raffle items must be placed by 8:00 a.m. Drawing will be held after the Youth BIS is picked. Sorry, no live animals in raffle

Our vender will be Pointer Hill Pet Products. Please contact Jim at 610-754-7830 or [email protected] for any pre-orders you have. Pre-orders over $100 receive a 5% discount.

Special thanks to the Hare Raisers 4-H Club for setting up and tearing down the show, and to Hare Raisers 4-H Club for the food! ☺ Motel information: West of show: Frederick has most of your favorite chain motels. Closer to show grounds: Budget Inn Motel Mt. Airy, 301-829-1474 and 301-829-5331 East of show: Ramada Limited, Catonsville, (410) 788-3900 – (800) 272-6232 Day’s Inn, Baltimore West, 443-429-7600 Motel 6, Baltimore West, 410-265-7660

Specialty Club Information: If you belong to the specialty club for sweepstaked breeds before judging begins, you will receive points which count toward a national ranking. The specialty clubs have guide books and newsletters which are helpful to people raising that breed. We encourage you to first join the American Rabbit Breeders Association, http://www.arba.net. For information on joining the specialty clubs, please go to the ARBA web site, member resources, affiliated clubs, National Specialty Clubs, and you will see the contact information and dues for each breed club.

Tortoise and REW Lionheads can earn legs of grand championship and compete for Best In Show. Other Lionhead varieties with working CODs are also accepted. Lionhead varieties for which there is no COD are not accepted and entries for these rabbits will be refunded. We cannot add varieties to our show program – i.e. there is no longer an AOV option, and this request is coming from the Lionhead Club.

Other working standard breeds and varieties are accepted, and qualify for awards if there are Non sweepstaked, recognized breeds receive the sufficient numbers, but they cannot compete for same awards as sweepstaked breeds as their numbers BOB or BIS. Be sure to bring your working qualify, and do compete for BIS. standards. Baltimore and Howard Officers and Members: Wayne Sanders, President Karen Jacob, Vice President Anne Copenhaver, Secretary Wendy Feaga, Treasurer Faith Storms, Director Karen Herriots, Director

Kari Splitter, Director Annie & Rebecca Miller Alyssa Bowbly Jacob Family Yoder Family Burroughs-Dunn Family

Stephanie Neeley Smoll/Romanowicz Family Emily & Bruce Wyatt Trevor Wells Jeannie Cumbo

Rabbit Entry Form: Post mark is March 25; e-mail by March 28 Send all rabbit entries to: Wayne Sanders 205 Devon Ct. Linthicum, MD 21090

Name Address City

State____Zip______

Phone Mail or e-mail with payment through PayPal: $4.00 & $2.00 for fur, per rabbit per show. E-mail: $5.00 & $2.00 for fur per rabbit, per show. Please write one check for all shows There are 2 open and 1 youth shows, to enter both open shows put down correct fee per rabbit in open column.

Ear Number Breed

Variety

Class Jr/6-8/Sr Sex

Make check payable to: Baltimore & Howard RCBA OK to put more than one exhibitor on an entry, Youth exhibitors must not have passed their 19th birthday. Youth may enter same rabbit in both shows.

Adults may not show in youth! Email: $2/show Fur

$4/8/5/10 $4/5 Open Youth

Total Fee

Self Certification of Rabbit Health – Required in Maryland I, the owner/authorized caretaker/transporter, of the rabbits identified above have visually examined these rabbits and observed no signs of contagious or infectious disease and have no knowledge of recent (21 day) exposure to any contagious or infectious disease.

Signature (Parent or guardian must sign if for children under age 18

Date

Beginner’s pages How to fill out an entry form for rabbits – Lop breeds are shown as solid or broken, Jersey Woolies and Harlequins are shown by group (see your standard for the groups), Angoras are shown as white or colored, and all other breeds are shown by specific variety if different varieties are recognized. Class means senior, 6-8, or junior. Juniors are under 6 months old in all breeds. Small breed rabbits are seniors at 6 months of age or older. If you enter a small breed rabbit as a 6-8, it will be moved to the senior class. Large breed rabbits have a 6 - 8 class. These rabbits are 6 months old to just under 8 months old. They are a senior the day they turn 8 months old. Sex is buck or doe. Fur - this is an optional class usually only used for wooled breeds, Rex, Mini Rex, and Satins, although any breed can be judged in fur. This is a re-judging of that breed on fur qualities only. Breed disqualifications apply, and the rabbit must be entered in breed before it can be entered in fur. Hints on filling out the entry form: 1. List all of one breed before going to another breed. 2. List all of the same variety in a breed before going to the next variety. 3. Within a variety, begin with senior buck, then senior doe, then 6-8s then juniors which is the judging order. 4. Use dittos when the next breed or variety is the same as the one above. 5. Be sure you have the breed, variety, class, and sex correct. If you try to change a rabbit to a new breed, variety, class, or sex this is a scratch and day of show entry (very expensive!). If you sent the entry and realized the mistake, please call or e-mail by the Thursday before the show so the paperwork can be printed out correctly and you won’t be charged! Traveling to the show Put your rabbits in a rabbit show carrier – please do not use the plastic cat carriers which open from the end; top opening carriers are best. Use shaving or underpads in the tray under the rabbits to absorb urine and odors. If your carrier has a solid bottom, use a terry cloth towel for the rabbit to sit on and absorb the urine. At the show If you mailed in an entry, your cards will be on the table to pick up. Check your cards for accuracy as no changes are allowed once judging of that breed has started. If you e-mailed your entry and did not use PayPal, you will need to stand in line at the show secretary’s table to pay for your entry. No changes at the judging table. Changes are handled by the show secretary, and all go on the official change sheets. Ear number changes are easy and will be marked with a dot on your card letting the writers know to change the ear number on the control sheet. Changing a rabbit to a different class is much harder – please call or e-mail in your class changes by 5 PM the Thursday before the show. If you change information at the show table, these changes will be ignored. The only acceptable changes are done by the show secretary into official change sheets. Once judging has started on the breed, no changes are allowed. Put your carriers in front of the judge who has that breed. If space is limited, stack your cages. Keep alert for the judging. If you are nowhere to be found and we have called for your rabbits 3 times, you will be skipped. It’s best if you let friends also showing your breeds know where your rabbits are, and put your cards on the correct rabbits so if you can’t be found, someone knows where your rabbits are. When it is time for your class, bring your rabbit and the card to the show table. Do not let the judge know which rabbit is yours, and never, never tell a judge how that rabbit placed in another show. That is called influencing the judge, and can result in your rabbit or even your whole entry, from being dismissed from the show. After your rabbit is judged and you are ready to take it back to its carrier, then you can ask a question about the rabbit. If, for example, you didn’t understand what buck teeth were, do ask, and the judge will gladly show you. Awards – pick up your awards as the breed is done, or if your animals are finished showing. Food - We will have a kitchen, so you do not need to pack a lunch, but the rabbits would enjoy some hay to munch on during the day. Leaving Please leave your area as orderly as possible, picking up big trash like soda cans and disposing of them in the barrels. Be sure to get your ribbons and any other awards (ask). Be sure you have all your rabbits and have not left a rabbit or child behind. If you realize you have left something behind, call the show secretary after the show so we can get your things back to you. ☺