THE ROMNEYS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 32, 1 November 1907, Page 4

THE ROMNEYS.

ItJ'is--a' general.'ppiriioi>' L that tlip show'_'pf :Romneys is the' finest, witnessed on 'a .shoVj ground , ' ' iii* "tho D.ominioiv..',' Amongst' -' those' who. expressed surprise at the,exhibition' was , llr.'-'Buddo,^ ; momber f6'r''Kaiapqi_ ) 'Vlio , stated that'it;'was"; a 'rqvolation.';' ■'.;,. ,'•'.'_"( ~,','.;, Th'e' ; :ropresehtatiye of'.M?ssrs'Bealey! Bros, remarked off' the manner in which ..the' Romnoy.'cliVssMiad imp'roy'ed of late yeafs iii'tHd : Norili'lsland. ' No one"whcViiad'sben the exliibiticn that .day,.Jio sa.idj l ..a'nd..th , oso;of a 1 few .years 'ago, r would . havo;, croditod' 'that; th'cr.6'cqijlfl have hipen In , ■compaOTfeJ.repent.. (Wportat)ons i .|oL, I Bom-.; 1 neys!, with thoso 'bred jn v the JJomimon, ~tho; ■opinion'','wii'3 fr'doly JM.jjhafijNyrct,Zca-; ia.nd' : hacl-npthing.to.lqarj.-so.,!far 'as,, : all-rouiid "qualities Jvpro; ../...The English' amipaTs r 'wcre : ,rather, better in ~1)011,0 • and' 'symmetry, 'but, ..generally,; they, .were.. ,: b'adly bea'tbn for wool.. ; The, champip.n','ram ■\vas''Mr.' ! GV'Wheeler's Royalist.'. ,„;";., ■''..! " There wore 56" rams'entered singly,' the 'best exhibition ever seen at a New Zealand show. Amongst this magnificent collection, Sir. G. Wheeler's Royalist was ■pronounced by tho judges to be the champion. The ver'dict was generally;-acceptable to .those who 'aro supposed ,to understand the points of.- ' really gbp'il ; '-sheep.' , . ''''■~.'".'■'"'; ~.';','|'.: . '.- ,'.'- '■•' Royalist''has-ha'd T 'a':mctcqnc;career' eiij.tho ; 'show'' ; gfounds'. '" :, He ;: 'imported, "a" little niorofthatfa'yoar ago'from''England .by Mr. '.Wheeler;' , aM , came -fresh "witli' the'chapipioi!- ' 3hip ,; lau'rels;gairicd ! ht the Royal; Agricultural I'Show. ' V ; Ho was?.enabled'" to ■pome'out .■Oγ i' quarantine in , time to cbmpeto ; 'at : tlie ; 'Maria- , !'wattf Shbw last year'arid,''add an'pthbr cham'piorisliip: . A-'r , t' , Hawke's.Bay ( ; i Jl6yalist ! :was' again' awarded' 'th"e' r ' champion ■ iprizo" ! frpm 'amongst 'tw'eiity-five rivals;". 1 It! wilFbo seen 1 'thkt'Tie^liaS-beert'shown foiir times,' aiid has 'gained four 'firsts arid "'His/ 'stock/ nufnbering about■■scveiity latrlbs',; ''aro , said^very; , fairly qilalitios'.of .their ifamotis sife; ; '•'■';' ''; ..'•'/,'''.■■';.",' I: ,.''.'' THE QUIBELL' CUP WON BY 'ROYALIST!' ',- Tho Quibell Dip Cup,'preserit l ed by'jiiessrs. iQuibell Bros., of w ,Newark',, England, for the .best ram on the , 'ground; 1 was' , won by G. :Wheeler's Royalist.; • Tho trophy; has/ : to, ,bo won twice' iii" succession, or. three times at dntcrvals;; '•■.'••■. ..''■ ■■■!■:'■' I' •■"•• '■<-:-:i'.\ , .n-