SYDNEY ROYAL SHOW.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1702, 19 March 1913, Page 7

SYDNEY ROYAL SHOW.

N - - OPENING DAT. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright " . . Sydney,. March 18. Tho Royal Agricultural Sh.iw opens today. In spite of tho drought the entries life well up to. the average, and some Sections show, a-record.: During {he year ,£42.000 was spent in tho erection of a . ,andVother improvements., \ ■ (Rec. March 18, 9.50 p.m.) Sydney, March . 18. . The weather was perfect for the'open- ' ,Jng of .the'show which promises to"'prove' ' the usual brilliant success. The cattle . sections are somewhat affected by the ■ drought, ar.d.the Clydesdales suffered by tho paucity' of New Zealand entries; which have a feature in past years. ? The ■ sheep,, despite the dry season, make an ' excellent; display, but the -pigs are . not -, worthy of the occasion or the magnitude of the industry in ,the State.

. S NEW ZEALAND PRIZE-WINNERS. ■ . (Rec. March 19, 1.30 a.m.) Sydney, March 18. •The following prizes were won by New Zealand Exhibitors.-'at the Royal Show:— Clydesdales—Stallion, two years and ■under three, Mr. John Boag, jiiii. (Brook- : Bide, Canterbury),' Bail' Stewart, 1; Mr. S. ,'Wilson (Upper Riiccarton, Canterbury), Baron 2; Messrs.'- Mitchell, and O'Brien (Oainaru),' Colonel, 3. Stallion, •two-year-old, Mr. S. Wilson, Baron "White, 3. i Mare, four years and over, Messrs. Mitchell and O'Brien's Flower, . Mnre, three years and under four, .Messrs. Mitchell nnd, O'Brien's. Balgonie, 1 and jre9erve champion. Shires—Farm mare, three years and bver, Mr. John : Bong's (Brookside, Canterbury), Princess, 1. : Sheep—English Leicester ram, two years jand over, Mr. John Nixon (Killinchy, Canterbury), 1 and champion; ram, under two years, Mr. John Nixon, 1. ' Ewe, two years and over, Mr.' John Nixon, 1/ Ewe, two-year-old, Mr. John Nixon, 1 and champion, and 2. . ,<\