PALMERSTON SHOW.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7968, 3 November 1905, Page 2

PALMERSTON SHOW.

(Per Press Association.l PALMERSTON N., Nov. 2. Tire weather for the secowl tlay of the Ibmawatu A. and I', Slunv continued liiiv, the at'le-mlance in the a'ternoon 'hei iiy feci wren Ivn and twelve tbousaiKl. In the La'dies' Hunters competition Iltiss Campbell., of l'eildiivg, performed the remarkable feat of piloting to victory three placed horses, receiving l a great oration;

The Victoria Cross competition | was w.im by Trooper If. Beglsoii', ol Feilding, and tlv<i Ladies''" Ilunter competit ion 'by , tV. J. Bartlett's 1 tah. I). '(• HkKliford's Cinders being' second. The steeplechaSV/competition was won by ,i. IT. McNiven s 'Pickpocket,', IT. Cameron's Kencritu being second. The chief awards in horses wero as follows Champion thoroughbred Mcdonald and Duncan's* Conqueror, and the champion 'filly was T\ Moore's Omnia. Best carriage horse stallion, T. TTaldcrsom'fl Emperor. Weight-carrying hack, (!. L. Sunderland's ..luggler. Tho i first prize in'carriage st/a'Mioiis 'W'as'awarded to 11. McDonald's J,oe<l E'llerslie. In sheep the, championships ' won were as follows Lincoln*, ram and ewe. Perry Bros. : Romtvey Harsh ram, 10. Short: ewe. (I.'Wheeler. English l.eicesters—rtain. Slack Brothers—ewe. IViTy Brothers. Border Leiresters—Tin in and ewe. H0n.,1. it Ormond. Shrop.sbii' e. PtAvns—Ram, W. Unyner ; ewe, ]■:, (,'. Woolfemk'n. Two pens of lioscoiumon sheep received *a lot of attention on "account of the immense sizis of their tleeces. Cal lle ( cluimpienslrips Shorthorn breed—Tile Mount fl'crljw Estate's bull Clifton ; cow, the same estate's Bolind-i ir/;i\)fords—ttuM, Jus. Sluckey's Ensign; cow,' Leonora Polled I A'ligus— Bull, . \V. .1. Uracil -, cow. Ni'lson Bros. Ayrshire—'Tin; award was lirst given in cows to Slack Bros., but. afterwards was altered as follows :—Bull, Slack llros.: cow, .1. Kyle. Jerseys.—Hull and cow. ,r, A. JlcHnc. ITolstein-Ei*ev-sian—Bull, Sirs J. Street ■; cow, New. ton King. Hogs were sho\\*i< under 'live auspices of the New Zealand Kennel Club. The gate and s-lwml returns for the two days amount ,to £321 17s 7d, being £B3 more t'ivtvii last year.