SOUTH ISLAND POULTRY SHOW.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8473, 27 June 1907, Page 5

SOUTH ISLAND POULTRY SHOW.

By Telegraph—Press Association.

INVERCARGILL, June 26,

The South Island Championship Poultry Show opened here to-day. Its character may be best described in the words of Mr Maude, the wellknown Sydney judge. He says: "The show is the best ever held in Invercargill. It is far better than the Palmerston North Show last week. I have seen the entries for the Wellington show to-morrow, and this one beats it. In fact, as a poultry show it comes next to Christchurch." The Orpington Club trophies were won as follows:—Best Black Orpington, most points in Buff cockerels and pullets, and best black cockerel or pullets, bred in New Zealand, J. Stewart, Invercargill; best buff, Rev„ A. Mitchell. Invercargill. The championships were distributed as follows: Game, J. L. Printz, Orepuki; "game bantam, Jas. Simington, Oamaru ; Hamburg, D. Hampton, Sydenham; Leghorn cock, H. Hearfield, Addington; Leghorn hen. L. F. Hickman, Balcairn; rock, A. M. Irving, Woodlands; Wyandotte pullet, R. 0. King, Stirline; golden cock, A. W. V. Clarke, Christchurch; white hen, H.'C. Peters, Invercargill; Orpington, black hen. Mrs C. Simmonds, Dallington; buff hen, Rev. A. Mitchell, Invercargill; Langshans, Gill Bros., Oamaru and Invercargill. Pigeons: Dragon, D. Craig, Christchurch; Show homer, J. W. Green. Christchurch; Magpie, Hay and Proctor. Invercargill. Dogs: Visiting dogs ' won as follows:- Irish Setter, Jas. Thomson, Timaru; Collies, J. R. Hayne. Dunedin; Cocker Spaniel, Conn and Harland, Dunedin; Irish Terrier, W. G. Harper, Auckland; Fox Terriers. J. W. Thomson, Dunedin; J. R. Dickerson, Dunedin. The judging has not yet been completed.