MANAWATU SHOW

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10468, 4 November 1911, Page 5

MANAWATU SHOW

PEOPLE'S DAYi

By i'elegro,pK —ft tss Association.

PALMEIISTON' N., Last Night. T/hero was a beautiful day aaid a tremendous crowd at the people's day of the Manaw'atu S'hlow. The grand paradie was a feature of tJie show, aaid the finest diispdby of stock ever seem on the ground:. The. total takings at tihe gate® a<nd stand® fertile tluree dtt-ysi amounted to£lo7B, a decrease ctf £ls compared with lasit year, almost entirelly diue to the falling off in the tialungjsi at the stand®. A slim of £639 wia® taken at the main gate to-day, a considerable increase. on the takings last People's day. Mir E. P. O'Rourke won the Hunters' Competition with Cloister for the third siuociassive year, and the GhaJlenge Gup, valued) at fifteen guineas, patented by t(he ladies of Mtaaiawatu and Rangitikiei district's, i becomes his property. At thte pre.s- : entatiooi at the coiiclui&ion, Mr j O'lßlourke said he was proud of winning the tfl'ophy, prouder than lie would be of winning, the New Zealand Oup. TSho same owner's Kierau | was selected to ,jump off for second I place, hut was withdirawui-, Mr | O'Rourke. being satisfied.. with winning the Cup. Mr W. D. Watson',s Yea«t defeated Rangitoto for second place. The other competitions were won as follows:- Pony Leaping, T. Cameron'<s Blue Beil; Harness Horse, style and action, G. A. Harrison'.s Vae Victio • Lady's a:id Gientlleim ail's Hack, (judged as pair), E. Neilison's Regret and Montana; ring rosette, D. A. Bennett; lady driver, Miste G. Robertson. Mr W. Peairy, of Mastertou, wins Messrs Levin and Cb.'s Lincoln Cup and Quibiell'iSi Romney Cup outright, and "Oil the Sllubrt Romniey Marsli Challenge Cup, valued at one hundred guineas, for. the second siioeessive year. If he- wins it next yeai* he will 'win it outright. The Sheep Dip J Company's Cup pas won? by EMis . Bros., of Bulls. Mr E. Short's spe- i cial prize of £SO for besit Rominey ' ram to be judged for type, wool, and shape, was won by H. S. Badfield, of Paraparamu, and A. and J. Gray ) of Mkisitjeriton (itie). Wlm. Gibson, of FeiMing, was second, and Gray Bros. thiird/. Messrs Dalgety and Co. lieM a sate of pedigree Hiolistein Frisian, Aytrslhires, and Polled Angus cattle on the sihowigrouinds today. There was a large attendance of buyers from a I parts of the Dominion, . for all cJiassosi of stock offered, and tiliey met with keen competition. The folllowing is a detailed li&t of vendors and" purchasers of | various anim'ails:— Ho'lstein bireed- j ei:s: On account ol W.I. Lovelock j (Bulls), Isabel] of' Clifford', oOgns, to I Mr Leith (Woodlands, Otago); Jnlca de Kol of GlifFside, 52gns., to Mr E. C. Bank® (Hamilton); Toddies de Kol, oOgns to H. ianner. (Marlborough). Heifers: Toddles Favourite 41gn>s., to W. Oole junr. (Waitara); Cnrley of Clifford: 57gms. to GO] j Watt (Cambridge); Hutchimiaid, 50 | gns, to N. Nielsen (Taikitahuna); on account of the Government Experimental Farm (Weraroa), Rajaili to C. Hopping (Cashmere Hilto, remarkable proof of the increasing value of Holsteins. Many of the prices realised were far miore than double the reserve placed upon J thm. I