MANAWATU SHOW

Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 November 1938, Page 7

MANAWATU SHOW

FINE WEATHER FOR SECOND DAY LIST OF SPECIAL PRIZES. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) PALMERSTON N.. November 4. The sun struggled all day to pierce the heavy clouds which hung over the district today for the second day of the Manawatu and West Coast Agricultural and Pastoral Association’s fiftythird annual spring show. In spite of rain which threatened in the morning, the day kept fine and warm but overcast. Rain fell overnight, but a northerly breeze dried the and conditions were much more enjoyable than yesterday. '

Though the attendance was small yesterday, gate receipts sho'wed the satisfactory total of £l9B, compared with £lB7 for the first day of the show in 1936. the nearest with which a comparison can be made. The rise in receipts was due, no doubt, to the attractions at the night show. Fortunately the night remained fairly fine, the few showers having no effect on the trade done by sideshows. In the entertainment hall was much to interest the crowds. Last year, when the Royal Show was held at Palmerston North,. first-day gate receipts totalled £4BB .Attendances throughout today indicate that the second-day gate receipts will be more substantial than last With most of the judging completed today, chief interest centred on the exhibition of stock, produce, dogs and horse competitions.

SPECIAL PRIZES. Special prizes were won as follows: — Horses: Collinson and Cunninghame’s clock, school team: Kopane A. Holden Cup, aged gelding: A. Grant. Ponies: Champion ribbon fpr pony other than entire: T. Gee’s (Christchurch), The Merry Widow. Cattle: “Meat and Wool” Cup, best purebred beef animal: Herrick Bros. Levett Cup, champion Hereford bull: J. R. Matthews. New Zealand Aberdeen Angus Breeders Cup, best Aberdeen Angus: Herrick Bros. Alfa Laval Cup, dairy cow, any breed: A. Horn and Son. Johnnie Walker Cup, three-year-old heifer: C. A. Knutson. Jersey Club Cup, two-year-old Jersey: B. R. Robinson. Hill Cup, heifer calf, calfrearing clubs: L. Robinson. Chisholm Bros.’ Shield, young members’ judging: Woodville. Sheep: Special prize for fat and export class lambs: A. MacDonald (Ashhurst); runner-up, J. W.’ Perry (Sanson)). Hughes, Willans Cup, for best two fleeces of purebred Romney wool: Vose Brothers (Palmerston North). Canterbury and Westland Farmers Cup for best four-tooth Romney ram: Sir William Perry (Masterton). Ring competitions: Jellicoe Cup, for best girl rider under 17 years: Miss C. Foster. Best wire jumper (open): S. G. Perry’s Hakamana, 1; Miss Dawne Bonsfield’s Mako, 2; J. J- Wallers Frisco Jack was placed second, but was disqualified. Best water jumper. J Goodwin’s Mataroa, 1; J. J- Wallers The Ranger, 2. Best boy rider under 12 years: D. Johnston, 1; B. Olsen, 2. Best girl rider, under 12 years: Miss C. Foster, 1; Miss June Anderson, 2. Best girl rider, 12 years and under 17: Miss M. Foster, 1; Miss J. Kitchen, 2. Best boy rider, 12 years and under 17. Bruce Bousfield, 1; Brian RevingtonJones, 2 Maiden pony jump, under 14 hands: Miss J. Kitchen’s Binkie, 1; RHartley’s Snowstorm, 2. Jumping competition for ponies under 13.2 hands: Bruce Bousfield’s Flirt, 1; D. Johnston’s Jackie Coogan, 2. Jumping competition for ponies 13.2 hands to 14.2 hands: Bruce Bousfield s Flirt, 1, J. A. Pawson’s Steel Spring, 2. Best lady rider over 17 years: Miss F White, 1- Miss N. Thomson, 2. Champion open hunters’ competition, for Rocket Cup. B R. McGuinness’s Scout, 1; Awa Parsons’s Tuakana, 2. Champion pony jump: B. Olsen’s entry, 1; Bruce Bousfield’s Flirt, 2.