FEILDING SHOW

Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 30, 5 February 1913, Page 3

FEILDING SHOW

OPENED IN IDEAL WEATHER. FINE DISPLAY. ? . (BI TELEGRAPH— SrECUL TO THE POST.) FF.ILDING, This Day. Ideal weather condition.-, prevailed for the opening day of the Fcilding Industrial, Agricultural, and Pastoral Association's ninth annual show. 'Hie attendance was well up to the usual average on Judging Day, and the town is full of visitors from many distant parts in anticipation of People's Day. There is a splendid disjlay of horses, sheep, and cattle on the grounds. The fat sheep classes are a special feature of the show, and give striking testimony to the fertility of the districts surrounding Feilciing. which already has the credit of being the best stock-fatten-ing centre on the coast. The now appointments, which comprise an ela-borately-constructed _ -cattle pavilion, were much appreciated by exhibitors. This year, for the first time, there are exhibitors present from Ganterbury, Hawkes Bay, and Wairarapa, and from other centres not previously represented here. There is every prospect of this being the record show for Feilding. Mr. Ernest Short was the most successful exhibitor in' draught horse 3 and Hereford cattle. Mr. J. Dowthwaite, an exhibitor from Canterbury, obtained eight firsts, five seconds, and two championships in the Border Leicester sheep classes. The Highden estate and Mr. F. S. M'Rae, of Palmerston, were the most successful in the fat lamb classes. Mr S. R. Lancaster was an easy first in the dairy cattle classes, practically "scooping the pool." He also yon the most points in sheep, and as this is the second time in succession, he becomes the proud possessor of the handsome cup presented by Mr. Reed, of Feilding. Mr. T. M'Kenzie wins the S. R. Lancaster Cup for most points in Jerseys, Mr. Lancaster's own entries not counting for this prize. CHAMPIONSHIPS. The following championships were awarded :—: — Draught stallion, E. Short's Morocco} draught mare, E. Short's Lassie Logan. Hereford bull. E. Short's Crusader; Hereford cow, E. Short's Happy Rosa. Ayrshire bull, Jas. M'Farland's Lord Glenham ; Ayrshire cow, T. H. Colpham's Aladge of Gower Bank. Holstein bull, Jos. Liggin's Ashlia King. . Romney ram, A. L. Wheeler's entry; Romney ewe, J. E. Hewitt's entry. Lincoln ram, J. D. Ormond's eiitcy. Southdown ram, J. Khightj South* down ewe, Nelson Bros. English Leicesters, ram and ewe, S. R. Lancaster. Border Leicesters, ram atd ewe, J. Dowthwaite. Jersey bull, T. M'Kenzie's Meteor; Jersey cow, H. Stratford's Pride of Eltham. The greatest interest centred round the competitions taking j.lace to-day.