HAWKE'S BAY SHOW.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 913, 5 September 1910, Page 10

HAWKE'S BAY SHOW.

<f:^. ;A BIG. EXmBITiON.

:•' .First' 'amongst agricultural shows in .the- ~pno/;of .'the "•first; • in«.ih/« 'Ddmihidn ,■ m: ;tlie:. number. anSj theJcharact?r.idl. its ■•.exhibits;'" conies the;annual Spring show of- the. Hawke's Bay '-Agricultural ■ and Pastoral Society, /-l'-rom^: t-hej•programme"',jof; this -year's which' fixture* Raises /.. .•Hastings -,on, October.. ; l9 .and 20,. it is 'gatUtfrUdi^th&4r'"'it ; '..wilb. , Ue?:the/"socioty , s forty-eighth; 'annual, show. '-~.. Such a record is. in itself ; enough' to; prove'; how •useful, and suci!essfuPtH<?. society'sannual 'shows must .feeri, for no organisation, 'unless •it ; *hau' 1 been carried oh on'right lines,land'had moved with jthe times,'""could'-'ba7e.s»rvivetl,for such •a • lengthy /.peripd./r-The : Hawke's .Bay Society : has been 'fortunate' hi;; having the- right' men'..at '.the,-' tieliiij and;'its •progress .has not only /been rapid, but. continuous;' J- '■:■. " -'"---^'" ■/■■

' The'pa'st, shbws^'jn,pace's Bay, have ■yearly.--'' attracted": '.thß'.'best'/ stock • from all parts -of, .th?r>isla'nd,i.and- sometimes from'tlie'South"lsland;'arid, stimulated' by'.'ihe, spirit of emulation which this 'outside'competition; 'has;; engendered, /the: Hawke'.s .Buy,:,stbck'breeders,.havo purchasers of purebred ■'■;< stock,'.■ /and' have>. imported '■largeJ v: if romv'.-the 'Mother Country ..and as well .asV:buying'extensively with'ihvtne'. Dominion. 1 ; : > All. these .factors; havei contributed 'to" raise;.and- to maint'ain7'tl! i ß.jwSa'wke's'''-- ; Bay-:'.(. l shar(!S ■as shows,'; • and' it. is' -safe another --.big:'shb w> • whether;it be-.sheep,'. c'atilei : ;-"hbrses,' :6r i, otherwise';': is '■: jiotice-,; ; iblB";-'"o^i'.lSyi^erjtf.i;d4tfermination 1 to .'• make%h'ei'Mdss|s;fdyeil^mor.e: ; tKey!,; hay e'S been i m vateC/donorS : . hWo^ 1 liberal^'.-anil i-.lojally ■tojip6r^i^W;Sboistjfi^^»^i9t'(.',i'pf : -trophie^anAj^^id.jpiijges.us/ a; very ' i iarge';''on'e*'indeed;«-'and*»sho'uld;-''; prove. .of-"'£1.600 will '■'. be -distributed, ,in.' 'prizes, 'during' the. two'.days, -and-'-.this'-.'amount l: will> cbroiJarel;;favo'iirably;f with', that :'ui--.''fe«d:.vby.? ; aiiy'-/ : 'applications '■ are. being;-.received', 'from, .many/^probable';,iiew: exhibitors,; :'■■:, and; 1 not' yet/r&: ;VoivedvaVcopy : of:Hhe, : programme should 'communicate..witfrilie, secretary; Mr. C; Douglas/;/;'Entries close .on''Octobei'' 6. ■