HAWKE'S BAY SHOW.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10453, 19 October 1911, Page 5

HAWKE'S BAY SHOW.

THE OPENING DAY

HASTINGS, Last Night. The annual show of the* Hawke's Bay, A. and. P. Society opened' at Hastings to-day. The weather was delightfully fine, .but a strong southerly raised, a discomforting dust. The entries in nearly every case showed an increase on-last year. The crowds of farmers present gave solid proof that the settlement of Hawke's Bay is progressing apace. The favourable spring has enabled breeders to keep their stock in excellent condition, and the exhibits this have maintained the former liigh standard or the show., In the' horse section, and in all departments of the cattle : section, there is splendid competition. It is; (however, in, the sheep class that the Hawke's Ray Show takes the lead, and in thisi section the entries were .more numerous than a*; any previous show. In, Romneys there were thirty competitors in the class for ram hoggets, and twenty in the class for pen of five. The name of many breeders well-known in other parts of the | Dominion figured on the programme ■fo*. the first time. The following championi awards were (made:— Cattle- Hereford ibull, E. Shovt; C. A. JV Levett reserve champion. Hereford, oow, E. Short. Ayrshire bull, Slack Bros. Ayrshire coiy, Slaiek Bros. Hoistein-Friesian bull, W. J. Lovelock; Holstein-Frie-sian cow, W. J. Lovelock; AlderneyJersey bull, 0. H. Thompson; Alder-ney-Jersey cow, C. H. Thompson. Sheep.— Merino ram, H. D. D. McLean ; Merino ewe, R. D. D. McLean; Southdown ram, Nelson Bros.; Southdown ewe, Nelson Bros.; Border Leicester ram, J. Dowtliwaite; Border Leicester ewe, Mrs J. D. Qr•mond; Lincoln ram, W. Perry.