The Poverty Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society’s Annual Meeting.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1185, 26 October 1882, Page 2

The Poverty Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society’s Annual Meeting.

Thb Eighth Annual Show of the above Society was held at the Society’s Ground, Patutahi, on Wednesday, 25th October.

President : Mr Sunderland ; Vice-Presi-dent : Mr J. W. Johnson ; Treasurer : Mr W Matthews.-n ; Committee : Messrs J. B. Poynter, W. Smith, E. Espie, J. W. Sunderland, H. J. Walker, W. King, J. Tutchen. P. Bond, Hare, Nolan, J. Allen, W. Morrice. Yesterday morning did not break very pleasantly for the Agricultural Show. The showers of rain in the morning did not promise well for the success of the Annual Meeting, but about 12 o’clock the weather cleared up and the suu brok« out in all its splendour. Having engaged a seat iu Mr S. M. Wilson’s five horse dray we were tooled along the road to Patutahi by “ Long Bob,” the wellknown and veritable Jehu who handled the ribands of the five-horse team in his usual artistic style. When we started the weather was anything but genial, and we could hear, although we could not feel, the rain pattering on the roof of the brake. After passing the Hapera the weather began to improve, and on reaching the Roseland Hotel the sky was perfectly clear, and we were greatly pleased with the hospitality displayed by host Scott. Having crossed the Big River bridge iu safety we very soon afterwards arrived at the Show Grounds having passed various vehicles and horsemen on the road. At the gate we were introduced to the genial and good-natured Secretary of the Association, Mr Matthew Hall, to whom we must record our thanks for affording us the most necessary aud useful information throughout the day. We know perfectly well the arduous task allotted to a Secretary on an occasion of this description, and we (are certain that no one could have carried out his duties in a more satisfactory manner than Mr Hall. The ground was of course very damp owing I to the heavy rain which had fallen the previous night aud during the morning, but it presented quite a gay appearance with the various tents, the throng of people, aud last, but not least, a goodly gathering of the fair sex. Mr W. Cooper, of Waerenga-a-hika was present with a full staff of subordinates, and catered for the public in his best and most approved style. The luncheon provided was an excellent one, and mine host appeared to be doing a brisk trade throughout the day. Mr Burch had a shooting gallery on the ground, and appeared to be doing a good business. Every person on the ground was evidently bent on enjoying themselves and making the best of their holiday. After enjoying a very pleasant day we were driven back to town by Mr S. M. Wilson's celebrated knight of the whip. We now come to the catalogue, HORSE3-Nqt Daauanv. Judges—-Messrs Bambridge and Danvers. CLAS31— Best Entire, any age, thoroughbred, let Prise, Silver medal; 2nd prise, £l. A. McLean's Foul Play, Ist Prize ; Bloomfield and Wyllia's Parthouopusus, 2nd priXe; W. Bailey's Bothwell, commended. F. Cardan's Edward James also competed. 2— Entire, the best calculated to iuprove the breed of saddle horses, £2. A. McLean’s Foul Play, Ist prize ; Bloomfield and Wyllie's Parthenopcaus, 2nd prize; W. Bailey’s Bothwell, commended ; F. Carden’s Edward James, and Tickct-cf-Leave also competed. 3— Bent Mare, prize, £1 Bloomfield’s Hatred, Ist prize ; P. Bond's Flirt, 2nd ; C. A. Brown’s Nightshade, A. McDonald's Aconite; and D. Page's Queen of Hearts were also entered. 4— Best Mare, in foal, or fo-l at foot, £1 T. E. R. Bloomfield’s Hatred, Ist prize; P. Bond's, Flirt, 2nd prize. A. McDonald's Aconite, D. Page's Queen of Hearts, aud Mr F. Garden’s Marguerite were also entered. 5— Best two-year old Mare or Golding A. McDonald’s bay mare Rubina. 6—Beat foal dropped last season. There were no entries. DRAUGHT. 7— Yearling Colt, Filly, or Gelding G. L. Sunderland, Ist prize—Two bay colts by Dugdale; W. King, 2nd—Colt 11 months. 8— 2-year old Filly or Gelding G. £. Sunderland, Ist prize. Mr Sunderland also had a dark chesuut entered. 9 — 3-year old Filly or Gelding W. King’s Beauty, 3-year-old, Ist prize ; J. W. Suuderlandx b f Nelly, 2nd. Also entered—G. L. Sunderland's black filly, and bay filly, 10 — Best Entire, 3-year old and under G. L. Sunderland’s yearling colt by Dugdale, Ist prize; J. W. Sunderland’s br colt Monaatican. 11— Enlire Horse, 4-year old and upwards G. L. Sunderland’s Dugdale, Ist prize; M. Hall's Earl Derby, 2nd. Mr Carden’s Auckland and Samson were also entered. 12— Best Entire any age j Ist prize, silver medal ; 2nd prize, £1 G. L. Sunderland’s Dugdale, Ist prize; M. Hall’s Earl Derby, 2nd. Also entered—Mr Carden’s Auckland aud Samaon ; J. W. Sunderland’s Monastican. 13 — Best Mare, any age ; prize £1 G. L. Sunderland's brm Blossom, Ist prize; W. King's mare Blossom, 2nd. Also entered— Mr King’s mare Beauty, G. L. Sunderland's blk m Maggie, b m barling, aud c m Blossom, A. Robb's g m Blossom and b m Jessie, M. H. Smith's Fallow, W. King's Maggy. 14— Best Mare, any age, in foal, or foal at foot ; prize, £l. Q. Sunderland's r m Grace took Ist prise. Also entered—Q. Sunderland's Darling and Jessie, W. King’s Blossom, M. Smith’s Fallow. MISCELLANEOUS. 15— Best weight-carrying Hack ; Ist prise, £2 ; 2nd prize, £1 A. McDonald's bay gelding took first prise; J. W. Johnson's Dainty, 2nd ; F. Carden's Carnival, 3rd. C. Brown's Rangitikei, H. Harris's Forest King, J. W. Johnson’s Post Boy were also entered. 16— Light-weight Hook; Ist prise, £2 ; 2nd prize, £1 For this there wore 12 entries, vis.: J. H. Aislable’s Tuhuia, Ist prise; W.K. McLean's Dainty, 2nd; Bloomfield's Lizsard, Reynold's Midlothian, Carden's Namm, A. Graham's Punch, M. Hall's Sir Wiliam, Liddle’s Desire, McDougall's Atlas, Davis' Barb, Sunderland's Scaramouch. Mr Hall's Sir William was commended, 17— Pony under 13 hands There wore three eutrieg for this prise,viz: A. Graham's Punch, Ist prize; McDougall's Facoy 2nd; and Mr W. K. Chambers’s Sankey and Moody. 18— Light Harntaa Horse, suitable for Spring Cart ; prize £1 G. Johnstone's mare Kit, Ist prize; W, King's g g Prince, Messrs Davis's Windsor, ank Kennedy and Bonnett's Darkle were also entered.

19—Beat Pair Buggy IforasS There were three entries. Mr C. Evans taking first honors with his pair. Mr G. Sunderland, and Mr C. Brown also entered their pairs for this event.

20—Single Buggy Horses Fw Uis there were five entries G, Smu

derland’s Darkic, King’s Prince, Espie’s Captain, S. M. Wilson’s Billy, Page’s Prince. The first horse took the prize. 21—Draught Gelding, any age A. Robb’s Prince, Ist prize; C. D. Berry’s Punch, 2nd ; King’s Duke. 22 — Pair Draught Marrs or Geldings. G. L. Sunderland’s Maggie, Ist prize, and Blossom, 2nd ; Robb’s Blossom and Prince, King’s Maggie and Blossom. Special Prizes. For Mr W. Heslop’s prize of £2 2s, for the best thoroughbed mare, there were four entries—Bloomfield’s Hatred, Ist prize ; Page’s Queen of Hearts, McDonald’s Aconite, and Bond’s Flirt. For Mr J. W. Johnson’s special prize for the best bred mare over 3 years old in the district, there were two entries—Mi J. W. Sunderland taking first, and Mr G. L. Sunderland second honors. Mr J. W. Johnson’s prize of £1 Is for the beat colt or filly over one year old and under two, brought two competitors on the ground —Mr G. Sunderland, two fillies, Ist prize; and Mr J. Sunderland, colt, 2nd. Special prize by Messrs Bond and Allan of £2, for the best yearling by Merrylegs—S. Hair's bay filly, Ist; A. Hatton’s chesuut was also entered. Special prize of £1 for the best foal by Merry legs. There were three entries. J. and A. Davis, Ist; Messrs S. M. Wilson and M. Hall also entered foals for this class. Mr J. W. Nolan’s special prize of a bridle for the best lady's hack, brought into the ring seven competitors, viz.: J. H. Aislabie’s Te Huia, Ist; G. Sunderland’s Scaramouch, 810 Jinfield’s Lizard, Harris’ Forest King, Reynold’s Midlothian, McDougall’s Atlas, Liddle’s Desire. We congratulate Mr Aislabie on his selection of Te Huia as the best looking lady’s hack in the district which was fully confirmed by the judges. We understand Mr Aislabie shipped an equally good looking hack for Auckland by last trip of the Southern Cross, a satisfactory price tempting the owner to forego showing him yesterday. The prize for the best shod horse on the ground was awarded to Mr Mcßretney. SHEEP.—MebinoI—Best Ram Hoggett, 18 months or under, age tw bo declared Three entries. J. Espie, 1; W. Smith, 2; D. McNair, nil. For the Romney Marsh class In sheep Mr C. Evans entered 6 fat wethers in Class I. Class 2—For the beet 2-year-wld ram. W. Smith, 1; Espie, 2; A. Brown, 3. A. C. Arthur also entered 2 rams. Class 3—For best ram of 30 months, tiers were 6*entries—Espie, Ist ; A. Brown, 2i d; W. Smith, 3rd. There were 3 other entries. Class 4—Best ram over 42 months. The prize was allotted to Mr J. Sunderland. Class s—For best ram any age the prise was given to Mr Espie, 2 rams, and the second to Mr Smith's ram. There were there other entries. Class 6—Best owe hoggett. Mr Espie took first, second aud third prizes ; Mr M. H. Smith and Mr D. Nair also had entries for this class. Class 7—There were three entries for the best 2-year-old ewe. Mr Espie succeeded in pulling off the Ist aud 2nd prices. Class B—For the best ewe over 30 months and under 42 months, there were 3 entries. Mr Espie taking first, and Mr Smith second. Class 9— For this class there were no entries. Class 10—Bust ewe of any age. There were two entries. W Smith took first prize for his two ewes; Mr Espie also entered 3 ewes. Class 11—For best ewe with lamb at foot. Mr Espie took first prize, and Mr W. Smith the second. Class 12—For 5 ewes of any age over 18 months, there were 3 entries ; Mr Q. Sunderland taking first honorsIMPLEMENTS. Special price by the Society, £2 2s—Parnell and Boylan. Special prize of £1 Is for the best spring dray, given by Mr J. Hall—G. Johnstone’s dray, Ist prize ; Hear-field's commended. Special prize of £2 2, given by Mr T.E.R. Bloomfield, was won by G. Humphreys. PIGS. Large breed—There was one entry for this class, vic., that of Mr King. For the best sow, large breed, Mr King pulled off the price. DOGS. For the best sheep dog there were three entries, vic., A. Brown’s Cocky, S. Hair's Toss, and G. Smith's Towsey. The latter we understand pulled off the price. POULTRY. The first prize for Brahmas was carried off by J. James, and J. Allen took the first prize for Langshans. PRODUCE. The first prize was awarded to Mr J. East for bread, an 1 Mr Von Pein the second. Fob Butter—Mr Von Pein took first, and Mr Matthews second prize. For Seeds—There was only one, Mr Von Pein, which was highly commended. Cheese—ln this class there was no competition. Bacon and Floubf—Mr McNair took first and Mr J. Hill second price in this class. Be ER.-— For this this there was only one entry, vic., that of Mr G. Johnstone, who seat a capital sample of draught ale aud bottled stout on the ground. Messrs W. Teat aud E. K. Brown were the judges, aud after duly sampling the ale and porter sent for exhibit by Mr Johnstone the exhibits were highly commended. Horse aud trap iu use for the last twelve months. The first prize was awarded to Mr G. Johnstone of Johustoue and Direy. Mr G. Humphreys exhibited a Whitechapel cart, aud a double-seated buggy aud the workmanship displayed by Mr Humphreys deserves the highest commendation. Messrs Parnell and Boylan exhibited a great number of agricultural implements of the latest improvements, and they were very much admired by the cognoscenti. Messrs Parnell and Boylan took the prize. For the special prize of £2 2s for a spring cart or buggy of the best local make given by Mr T. E. R. Bloomfield, Mr Humphreys carried off the honors. Mr Hearfield’s dray was highly commended. A LEAPING MATCH The first round was won by Mr J. W. Johnston's Dainty, and the second by Mr M. G. Nasmith’s Quudagal. The latter is really a grand horse. This brought a very pleasant meeting to a elese. The Judges for the horses were Messrs Bambridge and Danvers. For sheep—Messrs May and Anderson. For poultry—Messrs Cox and Sceats. We trust that the next Show may be bettor arranged in order that better facilities are afforded to the representatives of tho Press.