NOTES ON THE SHORTHORNS.

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NOTES ON THE SHORTHORNS.

JUDGES' r AWARDS COMPARED.

■ ; The I, exhibits of : shorthorns at-theHawko's , Bay and Manawatu Shows wero:-practically itho same,' although-: the .entry.,-jwas not ■so large'here as-in the .northern district.'.' Tho Jiidgo at Hawko's Hay was ih\ J. J. Baylis, •■ofj Waggaj-JNpw Soxtth kWales,!-whiloth'e;.arbi-.trator at Manawatu was; Mr. TC. iTaylor;iof ■To Awamutu. ■"• There..was , -curiosity, as toiw.hqthor tho opinionsioftwo such eminent critics, would..agree'.with: each other; .j In' the' class for bull calves' prior. to . July ! : 1, ,1904, i •Mr. Baylis's award was corroborated by the decision* of Mr. Tiiyloiv The'prize-winner is the Mount Herbert Estate's unbeaten cham T ■pipn Duke of r ßeaufort",ithe -ThinUr ■two-year-old class both judges again agreed ■ as!to the Mount Herbert Estate's Lord fler.'■bort .they-Ninth, .being; awardedv-nrstKaThe; same yearling bulls were-not exhibited, at both Shows, , -ont-'the 'first'pme , .'to-day was awarded-to a soil of To Auto Knight out"of a field of. four."'Thc : two Judges disagreed in the- champion > cow class! •■; 'At-' Hawko's ■ Bay t-ho (Mount Herbert Estate TDuclress of lO'sfprtl' •tho Fifteenth was awarded- first antl-cham-pion ,■; but '< could :• only ■ roach- • second 'place at ■Manawatu; 'The•' championi'at: Maiiawativ turneduiii in thci'five-.year-old-Butto-cup'tho Fifth',-..which• was 'awarded\only; a -h.ci' at Hawk.c's Bay,'while- Buttercup the. Eighth, first and reserve champion at Monnwatu,' had to bo content witlvan Inc.'at Hastings. , ; in : the. two-year-old •:heifer .xlass Mr. A. -M. Williams'?: Lady' Connaught the 'Third' was awarded first- at. Haw.ko'a -Bay, land third-at' ■'Manaivatu. ) j.n the. yearlingof. Oxford the , 'Fourteenth: was 'Unplaced 'at Hastings and. first 'at-.lM.anawatu,-, while: Mr.' A.- M. AVilliams'F, Lady Darlington the. First was .first.at Hnwkcls Bay, and- only second atManawatu.. ; Thore the comparison ends; 'butit isisufficiont to.show that Judges differ, like' doctors. .-.. i