WANGANUI AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12636, 25 October 1905, Page 7

WANGANUI AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.

THE HORSE CLASSES

It is generally admitted that the Wanganui people, as old residents and others who have come after them up to the present time, have a distinct affection for the horse. And why? In tho olden days the hardy pioneers, hewing out their homes in the bush, knew the value of a four-footed friend, who by pack or saddle, or even driven through wind and rain—aye, battling all tho elements by flood and field, could be counted on to take the settler to and" from the rough domicile he was striving to make into a farm or pasturage to assist in the building up ot our "present prosperity of to-day. Having emerged from the many vicissitudes of early pioneering life, and remembering the important part the ( horse has played (or shall we say, worked?) in building up our present i pi-ogress, is it any wonder that our Wanganui Agricultural Association should place on their > programme for the forthcoming annual show on the 15th and 16th November next, the most adequate prizes to attract to our town (tho fifth city in New Zealand) the very best class of the quadruped V/ho in the past has done so much to assist us. "The willing horse" is always with us. You may count on thtf animal for any particular service today, even as it waa years ago—pack, saddle, or harness—and therefore it is to the credit of the Wanganui Agricultural Association that their committee have been so liberal in the allotment of prize money to establish and keep up the reputation of Wanganui as being one of the finest horse-breeding centres in tho two islands in this progressive colony of ours. There are so manyclosses enumerated in the published programme that it would take a column article to definitely enumerate, and even to summarise it is more than space will admit; but tho fact remains that in every class there is the opportunity of owners and breeders to nominate, and those who desire so to do should not forget that entries close at 9 p.m. on Saturday, 4th November.