THE JUDGES AT SHOWS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 712, 11 January 1910, Page 8

THE JUDGES AT SHOWS

ONE OR'A PAIR' / /; Tllo . question of /employing ono or 'set-.' .eral' of .a. show: has engaged attcntion of New-' Zealand authorities on''many, occasions; Now" the/;]ong ; v;Kcad; of i]a. Scotchman; has at-; tacked 'it,'in the -"NortK British: AgricuK turist". Ho says:— • -'•-/' •; ?j,'^h'o' : ,qf having. a single judge' : inj each department at a' show is-incr'eas-;ing in; popularity.One* good effect, of- it is to cause the.: committee .'who'/chbose the judges-,tp'; thoroughly competent persons/who are widely. : Icnown 'as'/higK authorities; regarding l the • particular', classes oft stock ;bn; which they adjudicated. / . v. '■/ iij-i//; ••/'There is.)no;; disguising, 'the ..fact' that' itoi.' judge, :iylioSß/qualifications/aro'/ very; .'doubtful.; Such' persons .shelter.; themselves • ,'nnder .theY'wing of . .their. fellow': judges; i 'and' it': is probable that if they knew ■ they' were to/make/the; awards according to their; own unaided; judgment th'ey. would; .shirk ; ;from/undertaking,; a;' responsibility which-might result'-in; exposing ..their own"' want of skill: and' taste. -It-is also/quito; vtrueVthat'otlrers,-of'a sensitive; arid ;bajh-' ful -temperament,; who are known .' to' ..be' 1 fully: qualified "for such' a jio'sti,; might 'de-j , cline ;to' : act .'alone in .th'e show ring; but •while'-this; would-be' 'matter.:for regret,;it' fis,;beter!';that : .'bne-;-br .two;'.really'cpinpe-. ,leht: persons 'shpuld'telost, as; judges • than) ' that others who. aro ' hot. -" 'so'.. qualified 1 ' shbuld>, be •to ." let ; themselves 1 bo; : ..put in a wrong position. .. . .. r.; ''Another; : recommendation of the single, ,tho : 'awar'ds.;-in '-respect ;'of the type ;; of : aro: three' and ; ,even-contradictory.,/Beasts possessed ,of .quite', different; characteristics'' are vnot th'ermost, ten- •• ' wheretithis js.'npt; the, ca^ : it is.; sometimes' "fomd'.thWA.'preierefice is fSlibwn for-"one .type'of; animal in one. class, while /a. . dif 7 liferent* t^e/ probably/is .selected for. the : prizesyin;another. obviously car-,, .;tfoC^^d^iial'onq>;seeau)i';';M»ae 'sub-; ; stance '/'and; p6weK*haye" the.\i preference '"'y/''/./ ; '"This • is • easily explained.When '.there ;is/a > diff^We;of:;'bpiniori , : :: bdtwecn/.' the.' v ti»e'; ; other .in one clp.ss, and the latter, inj rein' another; on! one., consents', to-., a particular on/condition' 'that another; ot ,a.different.stamp, whioh relegated :'to/ tlifi.. ;bottpm : ; or' the-; list; ! ; is/to ■. get. the -Kecond ticket. As .-matters aro conducted /at : most* Ehows; ; n'ow',f.'it'jis' impbssible;-.toV 'sponsibility of any award : which;,may. bo .considered; question. ', ;/ ~/.:.: /•/ "Wnen one mari, n'as ,the prizes , to; assign,-- riot only, will..he. himself be made »tb' feel v the',' heaver /'lesponability. -which C;. devolves; upon; him)' 1 but-'the • saddle; will: be putiu'porivthe.! rj^ht; horse'. I'iri:; the • eyCsi of. ..the/ public; i?Snd)s.thi£',£w6" ftbl /assured, ' would i; conduct sfco.«the' results v in. every .iresp'ect.,; How . very frequently docs . anyone. accustomed :to) attend.- shows; iand , converee': freely ...Trtth-; the/exhibitors-hear .the.cliarge*qf;;fdvte|tistn'^eged; : aßainst: one.'or 'more' of - the judges! Wo believe ; thit; ,t&/aUegatioii:in every.' such■!case -is ;nbt/,Vijell■■'founded';; biit/if-' such :an evil; ■ does exist.' .to /any; extent'; it,'would;, either ''eating," ori- if at'/all glaringly 1 practised, it; womd';jead ,to . the ;person..guilty, of ;it not; being at; the : same; show again,•. ■■■■■■■■■ ■■■•■