JesusA (imported) wrote: Fri Apr 24, 2015 6:23 am A scorecard that I have for Douglas James Young, who won 99 out of a possible 100 points and was awarded a ribbon at the Provincial Exhibition in British Columbia at the age of 26 months in 1927, shows his score in each of 25 categories, worth 2 to 8 points each. He lost a quarter point each for weight and "Expression" (one of the judged categories of intelligence). He also lost a half point for not having perfectly formed genitalia.
I understand the grading of a boy's genitals could be quite subjective. Some judges would take points off if the penis wasn't tightly circumcised. Other judges weren't willing to dock points even for a boy with an uncircumcised penis. I feel sorry for any boy who missed out on taking home a Blue Ribbon simply because he wasn't cut or he wasn't cut tight enough to please the specialists. Sort of like losing on a technicality.