MANAWATU SHOW.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1586, 1 November 1912, Page 8

MANAWATU SHOW.

THE CAMPIONS. AND OTHER PRIZE TAKERS;

GENERAL NOTES ON THE STOCK.

CATTLE FOBi A SPLENDID FEATURE.

* (By Teleeraph.—Special Correepondtnt.) •

'.';■' • Palmerston,. October 31. I .i;-.The;socond.'day. of; tho , big • North Island - Show ■ was favoured ■ nrith fair :weather.- Rain fell hero and: down -the Uno early this,moraing-,.'but-the showers ', did; not affect the attendance. 'The afternoon was warni;"andsunhy, ; and there was a - welcome absencel of wind. .Under-fool; tho conditions wore, bad; the'.-ground was soaked, arid, in some places,' l rather wator- -• logged. '.'.■...'. ■:';"■.:. ■;■,.•■.:,.-. ■".- .'- ■.'.■■■'; .Tho.fine new .Wheole'r Memorial Sheep ;;." Pavilion adds.considerably, to, the attractions of the showground. • Tho ..pavilion was ■ erected hy< stockbreeders in memory ; lif theilate Mr. C. G. Wheeler—a former. : president" of:the Manawatu Agricultural and Pastoral 'Association', and one of the :.'. ■bistknown•..breeders of:tho,,district ,I'ho. sheep in'-; the pens beneath 'this splehdiil .shelter .enjoy the .'most -favourable ,;. of conditions. ; . . ■ '■■..• ■;., -,'.'.<• ■■-.■.'■ ' • . ■Xarge'.crowds'of ;people:,were poured 'into ■••-. the'toTO:.by(all.-the .morning and early afternoon trains,; 'and;. ;by;.thrco":o'clock in . ' the; afte.rii'oOn;- th"o grounds : teemed -with, people. -.'•', ''')-'-' : i'Y';'",: : .■:■'.''■ '■■. '".,,'.■-''-, :'■"■-,■; : Tho btijk of the'judging.was undertaken ; nndvcompleted.';this m'6raing.i. ■ Yesterday fho.produee andtho home industries.were 'judged,' the horse-shooing and the wool- , /classing■■competitions were.held," the pig : prizes'-.were'-awardcdiand:some of : the ririg;cohtests';were. disposed of. -The re- . eulte'of 'these: have already 'been publish.-.' .;, eil. ;■ To-day the .adjudicators commenced the ; horses, cattle,, sheep, and d.bgs.sobh'afternino: o'clock,, and, in tho afternoon, the hunters'-competition (lady riders) and the./leaping. competitions were leld i'n-the jumping arena. '.These ring ,: events were,' as is;.iusual,-the. big attrac- ■'.: tions of;.the afternoon', and, while: they, werejn progress, the grandstand and the : oval , were: thronged-by thousands of spec-'-'tators." ■.•■'■ ■':'.:■ •:;■;''.;. '■.■■'■;,■: : ... ';■." ,' To-morrow-Trill Day." All tho'stock: and other entries will tie on eihibition, and, at'two o'clock, the grand ■ parade.; wiil,takq place. The chief of the hunters' • conjpetitions, wilL.be. commenced , in ,1 the. mbrhing,.'at about half-past ten, : .'biii;''th6.;'fiiiar.-roiiod'-vriU.'iiqt".be','abdei> token before 3.'30 p.m. ■ . . 1 -.■•'■' :. 'The-judges:hiive..teen,gelected from as .■■fa'r' t 'eontli!.as;llnVercargill, from Taranaki, :',from and' even." from-Australia^ 1 .The.-following,is the complete list-.—Har-nes's'..horses, • R. ; H. Bissott, ; Nightcaps'j saddle;,horses.-and.ponies,'.;Jas. .llacara; . Jtastertohrring events, ■ JflE.'Macara and '-, R. H.-fßissett; draught horses, Ahgiis '.-.;' Macdonal'd; ■'. Invercargfll j ■■< horse shdsing, Walter.; Armstrong,: Wellington ;"'."■• Sh'ort- , horns,: Herefords, Polled Angiis, and Dov6fis,.W. E.'Yelland, New Lynn, Victoria; . Ayrshires,. T;, Lewis, Diinedin; Jerseys; .: C.'Goulter, Hawkesbury, Blenheimj Eol- ;,. steins, G. Aitchison, . Kaitaiigata; -fat .- cattle,: J. Campion, Fordell; dairy cattle,' .A?; V.-HarkheSs, Tariki,.Taranaki; Lincoln sheep,. G. E. Elliott, Longlands, Hawko's , 'Bay;' Roniney. rams,' : R. Tanner, . Longburn.;;'Romney ewes, "'A. '.S.- Holms, . AVajinahaka; 'Southland; r'Leic'esters and . "sundry breeds, ! .W:" Little, Argyll East, • Hawke's: Bay; Dbw'n 'breeds, J. Linton, Lincoln'■.Gollego,':Ghristchturch; fat 'ehoep, . T. \i. M'lvenzie,' i Mastefton;' fleeco and scoured woob classiliK competition, A-lexi'Dixon, Longburn; pigs (all breeds), -:-. R-. Perrelt,';Sa'n'donj do;s, G.K. Hiitchin- ' Bbn,.Auckland, J. .Stafford, Chrisfchurch, ■ and S. Johnson, -Palmerston JTorth-;!phbto-igr'aphy,.F... J."-Dent'oh,'Wan|ariui; cirihitecture and: mcch'ariical drawing, H. do J., . Clere, .Pal'mersfeii North; public school '..writing, G..-D. Brailc. TCanganui; public echo'cl, drawing, i&.: H.-Elliott, Palmers- ':■■". ton Nprth'j: public school nibdelling,: E.. H.. Clark, Wahganui; lioine "industries, J. ,- Godber,-;Wellington, and'.T. D. Cummihs, ; ' .Wa'ngaiiui; ■ and' art sewing, ..: ;Mrs.- : M.' -Ei Tdswill, Hastings; shearing-' ■::; ddin'peljtibhi-: A- : C: -M {Doh'nellj Feildihg; butter-fat competition, J; O'Bea, Palmers-: ton,North;-;hemp.■competition", j. HyFer-" .riSj ! Dfip'artlhqrifiof. Agriculture,; Welling--■•,;.t6"n.-■■:".■■.:■;■'■'■;■'■.■ .-.Vv••.,;■■:-■■-• -.'•: .'-:,.':-:•;.:, '.:, >. ''In the light.-hqi-so division it'was once .'.- : .' again ndticVable- that. there vtirfs very : fdw thoroughbreds on tlie ground. : Sir Pi'isco,. a'«onT : of San, Frisco—Waitemata, ; was :"awarded .first .pjdcfc aiiiOng' the, thorstallions, and,A"eroprane,,an. im:'i media'te descendant of Victor, ' was the v winner, in. the competition for carriage' .•■ stallions.. The ponies shown were a. very, useful lot, and ; included some particularly ; fine, specimens of tho child's horse: The ...hack competition,':brought into compe'ti- . : .tion lna'n'y ..'cshlbitore -known- throughout : t)ie island .'.as.the- owners of good ■ riding? \ horses. ;,..Tha.'posting of the champion- ■ . Bhips."in,the";h"acks."and. v 'in.harness horse . . classes • were' aVvaited.-.withl considerable .'interest,',-and,.qyeryonf .who..watched the horses', ■undergoing their iiisiiectibii by. the judges asfr'ped. that the'eoiitiiit would.be ; One of tho closest that: there has .been. . here. The. hack..cliampiohship fell 'to .Mr. Short's Fusilier. :',-.. •. Opinion was divided "as to -whether there nad ever .taDir;a bptter' collection of ; -draught .horses"-, r.t/.-l .Palmerston -North : ; show..- 31r.;:-E v Short,: : ,whd,dnly -cbm-. nienced his stiid in the Feildiug district about, three'years'ago, and Thompson and Co.,'6f the'Waißonga-Clydesdale stud, ■Hα... 'the North Taieriv district,'.were the prin"■:'.cipal. prize -winners..-..■ Their horses could probably with honour-to them--. selves-in. any'show ring "in-the-Dominion, . Th'o Ta'icri firm carried'.off the stallion ■ h'o'npu'ri 'againstHhe competition, of the North . breeders; and the : ma're ' championship also was won by.them. . ; •Taking/thecattle'as.a' wliqle the sVction was the strongest in tho exhibition. .First - in the: catalogue "aa usual'are'the-Short-Kbrits. The show 'of 'the big animals this ; j-ear-is'-remarkably good,-and the quality ..- is ese-eptiqiial. •. One.of-" the best tributes ■..' which.'.cin.be' paid 'this.-great collection '■ is th'at'it is oven "sujeriqr to the Shorthorn exhibition'which was made at the Hawke's -Bay. Show at Hastings a fort- .. niglit ;ago. : -It: was a fathering of the stock 'of "iriost'of.the note'd breeders of Hie ' island, a.rid"-it.was tho m'eefing of the best 6fock-.Of the chief '■ .'Shorthorn districts. Lady .Co'nnatight" particularly fine ' c'Ow, shown by-Mr. W. T. Williams—is the-'cow.cliampiqn,"and ,the!reserve cha.m- . pion -Is a thr"ee-y earmold 'heifer' entered by Mr. W. G." Park,of Sairirii. Tho Taranaki breeder, Mr. G. A. Turner,: of 'El- . tham, carried off the Shorthorn blue rib-. boh.withißuke of Eltham 19th—a remark-' 1 aftjy- ! fine and vcry-much'Tadmired. aninial : of;two-and a half years.: ■ ■ '.The fact;that : s'omo of tlie' best,- if not the. very "best,: of,tho Her'efords-f rom the B.t.ilds of -jris'srs. E. Short, of Feilding, G. .F.'Mdo're, Iwi,,and'C. A. P. Levett,: '.- of Khvitea, were entered.for tho competi•tion.is rioidflubt sufficient indication that this division isdf about'as high a standard as -the Dominion can at; present reach,. The two champions, hailed : from Mr.. Short's: stud. His winning.. bull .was Crusader,.'and- Gay Lass".2nc!—a .two-year-' old heifer*--wpn the female class. ,■,'■ ■';., ■The judge-/of-■ the Ayrshires expressed, the opinion ; that ■he had never seen ->a finer lot of'tho valued Scotch, breed.. I 4 this remark he not exempt tho South iland, ivhich boasts of some-exceptional-ly fine "etu'ds. Hfi was particularly : well nleaijfd with Mr. C. Karsten's ■ (Waikanae) cow, Fa.ir Maid of Inglcwqod, to which he tho championship: Ellosmorb I&<\, a bull from the PoriTuaMen\_t.ol Hospital, obtained the bull champion--There"sooms to bo" for tho opinion tjmt tho Jersey division; is not 90 strong ae it has been in' sonie' other -■ years. However, it was a resilly-beautiful typs of the milking' ;TeTSGy which, took.the cow clmmpio-isliip. This cow, Genoa Maid, was "enteral by'a Thames bresder, Mr. W. ,T: Hall, and is by Prince -Daisy-Genoa' Indy. E.j Eagle .TriH'*ake' liack to the Wairarapa tKe.bnll .championahip,'which ■" he won with .Roberts, an imported eire, ■ which carried off $9 liohoureat the Car-tfxfnn-show last weds. '•■'■"

The Holsteiin Division was very strong numerically, and; in quality, the best of ■the breeders came forward with their stock,.but the chief prizes wero distributed more than has be?n the case at tho principal ehows for some time. Mr. W. I. Lovelock, of Falmerston XortK, carried off both the: reserve championships, - but-.it [both sexes' was beaten -for the actual championships. .. Mr. J. Donald,- of Wangantii, scored tho'cow championship, and the brill premiership went -to, the Wereroa State Farm's yoimg Bull, Oak Dβ Kol Homestead ■Forbes. ■' - .■.,'. ''■ ■ The fat cattle were a , great lot/and by tlieir quality quite surprised some Australian"'stock owners: who attended the show. The step were shown in circumstances ;whichtbld against them. Tup weather : hasbe3ii so bad for some time prior'te the show that it would "have been rather unireaso'jiable to expect to see the beorers of golden fleece looking at their .'best Making allowances for this, howover, they :m'ade a very fine section of the big exhibition';-, but the . judges ■ remark that in ,some divisions,- they were; not so true ,to : type as they would like to, hare fpen. j ■'•;