POULTRY, PIGEON AND CANARY SHOW.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8497, 29 July 1907, Page 5

POULTRY, PIGEON AND CANARY SHOW.

CONCLUDING DAY. The eighth annua] show of the Wairarapa Poalfcy, Pigeon and Canary Association Was concluded on Saturday. The attendance was larger than on the previous day, bat was not up to expectations. The Association have been unfortunate this year in the matter of weather. The state of the weather affected the attendance on Saturday. The secretary, Mr J. Cairns, however, expects that the financial result of the show will be satisfactory. The bulk of the judging had been completed on Friday, and there only remained to be judged on Saturday the dressed poultry and children's pets classes. In the former class there were no entries, and in the latter Miss D. Gawith won first prize with a Manx cat and Miss Myrtle Cairns second with a guinea pig. An interesting exhibit at the show was a case of assorted birds' eggs and another case of small lizards, both of which wei-e shown by Master Graham. During the two days of the show the tickets for the art union sold freely. As it will take some time to gather in all the books of tickets, it is not expected that the drawing of the art union will take place before the end of the week. A guessing competition was conducted during the show. The competition was to guess the collective live weight of four birds, viz., a rooster, goose, bantam and pigeon. The birds were weighed on Saturday evening, the weights being as follow: — Goose, 101b 12oz; rooster, 81b; bantam, lib 4oz; pigeon, 12oz; total, 201b 12oz. The winner was Mr. J. j McDonald, of Lincoln Road, Masterton, who guessed the exact collective weight of the birds. The whole arrangements for the show were well carried out by the secretary, Mr J. Cairns, assisted by an energetic body of officials.