THE PALMERSTON SHOW

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 177, 5 November 1910, Page 8

THE PALMERSTON SHOW

By Telegraph.—Press Association. Palmerston North, November 4. There was splendid weather to-day for the People's Day of the Show, ana the attendance numbered 22,000. The jfate takings showed a good increase. O'Rourke, of Auckland, won the Hunters' leaping competition. CATTLE. The display of cattle has never been better at Palmerston (says the Wellington Times). The competition is well representative of the great majority of the best herds in the island. 'Dairy cattle have a!ways been a feature i. the Manawatu Show, and both in nu: - ber ami quality the display has new; been better, while the exhibition of 11-. steins is probably the best yet made .a this island. In the beef section the occasion is noteworthy by reason of the fact that a Queensland judge, Mr. J. McConnell, has been brought over to adjudicate on the Herefords, which are shown in increasing numbers. The Shorthorns form as good a display as has been seen on the ground. Shorthorns. The display was the most representative yet made. Waikato, Hawke's Bay, Taranaki, Rangitikei and Wairarapa stock are in the pens. The aged bull class went to W. Taylor, of Te Awamutu, with B. R. Hamilton, of Patea, second, and Dalziell Bros, third. The two-year class went to W. Howard Booth, of Carterton, Taylor coming second, and XV. 1. Williams third. The Wairarapa breeder also won a strong yearling class, Williams and the Dalziells following. Jerseys.—There have been stronger displays of Channel Island cattle at Palmerston, but the present exhibition is worthy of the breed. The Taranaki competition is not so strong as last year, but two new exhibitors come from ! that quarter. ' In aged bulls, C. G. C. I ■ Dermer, of Feilding, won with his Amer-' ■ ican importation, but J. A. McCrea ' gained the championship with a bull of ' his own breeding, by his Victorian bull, 1 the only exhibit in the three-year class. ' New Taranaki exhibitors, W. J. B. and ' W. Paton, won the two-year class with ' a son of Campanile Sultan out of Melia Ann's Maid, a strong combination of ' Island and American blood. Dr. Noon--5 an's son of Campanile Sultan was sec- ; ond. Dernier secured the first ticket in k yearlings, a new local exhibitor—W. J Bly —taking second place with one of * Mcßae's breeding, J. Mourie's son of ti Campanile Sultan coming third. Eagle secured the female championship with 3 his unbeaten cow Bilbury 111. (champion 1 at Carterton), though he was closely ' run by S. R. Lancaster. This was a e great class. Lancaster showed the only 7 dairy cow. McCrea won both the three 1 and two-year classes, A. Buchanan being V behind him in both cases. Eagle showed 1 the best yearling, though Dr. Noonan, !; who took the next two tickets, ran him I close. Eagle penned the best pair, Lancaster the next and Buchanan the third. J Holsteins.—For the first time four breeders of Dutch cattle competed, the " Department of Agriculture having entered the lists with three yearling bulls. The quality has never been of such a high standard. W. T. Lovelock won the aged bull class with Maurice O'Connor second. W. Remnant (Woodville) showed the only three-year-old. The two-year class went to Newton King, Donald and Lovelock following. , The yearlings were a strong collection. Lovea lock was given the first ticket, King the second, and the Department the third. In females King had a great run, winQ ning all but the yearling and open classes, the former .going to Donald (Wanu ganui) and the latter to Lovelock. -• Dairy Cattle.—There was only a small collection in these classes. S. R. Lane caster and C. Callis divided the mam honors, the former winning in the pen >1 classes and the latter in the cow class. e Fat Cattle.—There was a fairly repres sentative display of fats, and the quality a was undoubted. Moore, of Kai Iwi, see cured the bulk of the awards with his l " Herefords. He won the first five classes. s T. A. Duncan was his nearest competiI I tor, but in pair of three-year bullocks t Duncan turned the tables, and repeated r the performance in pen of two-year-old e steers, single shop bullock, and two-year ! » Hereford bullock. s Ayrshires. The litlte Scotch cattle I) have never before been shown in stronger • force. If the big breeders of the past B have gone, more have come in to take ? their place, and the competition is in consequence more general. Slack Brothers, i who have been scooping the pool at the 5 earlier shows, had strong competitors, the Porirua Mental Hospital putting e them down in several classes. J. Kyle '< showed the best aged bull, with Porirua 3 next. Harre and Woodley, with the breeders named, annexed the other 5 prizes. Slack Bros, obtained the Ayr- " shire Association's North Island championship. 7 SHEEP. e In the competition for Mr. Short's = ,£SO first prize for the best Romney ll ram on the ground, Mr. Gibson, Feilding, was awarded the winner. The second prize of £3O was awarded Ray Bros., of Masterton, and the third. (£ls) was awarded Mr. Hadfield, of Paraparaumu. Other competitors were: McGregor Bros., Raynor and Buick, all of Masterton. HORSES. For draught colt over three wears, . first prize was awarded Mr. F. A. Bremer (Okaiawa); in the draught colt over l " two years class, Mr. J. S. Oughton S (Okaiawa) was first and Mr. Bremer !" second; for colt under two years, Mr. Bremer was first; and for filly over 0 three years, Mr. Oughton was first. In £ the pony stallion class. Mr. A. T. Moore's P (New Plymouth) Major was first. In the class for entries over 13.2, J. D. Mitchell's (Manaia) Patrick was second. Boulton's (New Plymouth) Patrick was Pjvery highly commended in both weight'.carvTing and hack classes. Patrick r gained a third in troop horse and best stamp of hunter classes. \ PIGS.

Mr. J. H. Sellers took two first prizes and one champion in Berkshire pigs.

RING COMPETITIONS. In ring competitions, Mr. A. Mitchell (Manaia) secured second prize in the class lor best gentleman rider, second in the bareback competition, second in the driving competition, and first in tht stockmen's event. DOGS. Taranaki fanciers were not conspicuous in the prize list. Mr. W. W. Audrey (Stratford) got a third in bulldog puppies, and J. Paterson (Stratford) a first in curly-coated retriever puppies. In the harrier classes, however, the North Taranaki Hunt's pack of four were very successful, scooping the pool. Mr. Xe v 'ton King received a wire from Palmorston North stating that there was keen competition at the Manawatu show in the Holstein-Friesian clasi. His awards were five firsts and two seconds and championship for cow.