BUENOS AYRES SHOW PRIZES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 585, 13 August 1909, Page 7

BUENOS AYRES SHOW PRIZES.

... THE SHEEP CLASSES. ■ ••■ The -■schedule'- of the .coming' .big interna. - tional show at Buenos Ay res, in , connection, with which'' New Zealand aro thinking of chartering a steamer to .convoy. their exhibits and.passengers, lias been for-' warded';;to.: The : Dominion " by ; the ,Hon. T : Fergus, . the Argentine Vice-donsu] at .Dunedin,' The sheep., classes are not numerous.; and- do.'not, exceed three for ranis and' three ..for. ewes t in each 'breed. • Tho ■ competition in ; 'feach class will consequently bo keen. The grouping of' English.: a*nd Border;,' Leicester's' in■ one 1 3class—an ■': arrangement' concerning' which, Mr. Lancaster stated ;at, the.' Palmerston meeting that it would shut out numerous entries—-is..,tho most striking-' feature. • -'Thesheei);'oiasses. are as .follow Merinos.—Rains, (1) , lambed before July 1, 1908; (2) rams lambed from July 1 to Decern-. bei?,.,31, 1908- ' (inclusive). Ewes, tho same... For each variety of the merino breeds-shown there ,will bo the same group classes. . ' liiricol.iis.—Rams, (1) lambed before 'SFJ' .?■' > (2)/lambed from January 1 to April, 1909 (inclusive); (3) lambed from May 1-to October 31, -1909 (inclusive). Ewes j the same. :■ . ■ ■ ■■ ■ Leicesters, the same. ; ' llomney Marsh,,tlie:.samc. , Sout-hdoivns, tho same. .Shropshire. l -, tho same. Oxford:and Suffolk, the same. "" '■' ;' Hampshiros, the same. . Other breeds.—For each breed not mentioned vthe &ame throo "classes for rapis and' thrco- for. ewes will bo provided. . V ' '; Any ■ shoep forming-part of a- non-prize-winning group ; may cbini)cto for tho championship if, in- the opinion of tho'judge, anY of them are of, .sufficient merit.to do .so.:' Exhibits may bo wild privately, or at. auction. A tim6-tal)Io ,;of auction .sales will bo arranged, ahd the sales will -begin with-tho championrf and other prize-winners. . - It-is necessary for exhibitors to specially state'their'intention as to tho-.''disposal of animals entered for the show.'Otherwise they become the property of the show authorities. . ...■! ' ■ '- . Exhibitors from'abroad, hot having a representative or aeent in Buenos Ayrcs, mai

.send..tho.. exhibits, to tho .show;, consigued to tho Senor Gcrorite do la Sociedad Rural Argentina, Florida, 316, Jlueiios Ayres, licpublica Argentina. There will bo no Chie* toms duty charged except : oii stock that're* mains. in tho country. - Foreign livo stock entries 010-so on. Febrik a-ry 1, and other foreign entries on December 31 next. . •