THE CANTERBURY SHOW.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5178, 9 November 1895, Page 3

THE CANTERBURY SHOW.

By lelcymph.—JPrm Asmchlbm. Cmustchuiicii, Thursday. ; The Annual Show of the Canter- , bury Agricultural and Pastoral Association, was opened to-day. The weather was splendid. The exhibits : v&kdi are exclusive of the number (fflmsplays in tents, etc., number nearly 2,000. Sheep as a whole have never been in better condition, and there are very few inferior pens. There • • is a Small exhibit of merinos, but all other breeds except Cotswold and Hampshire Downs, are well repre- \ sented. The championships were ' awarded as follow;-Merino fine combing ram, F. H. Smith, Timarn; ewe, Malleoli and Lance, North • Canterbury. Strong combing ram and ewe, A, A. Mc.Muster, Oamaru. English Loicester ram, .1. Bonifoul, ' Ashburton; ewe, D. Grant, Teniuka. Border Leicester rain, Hon. M. Holmes, Oamaru; ewe, Little Bros., Ngapara. Lincoln ram, T. Tanner, Hawke's Bay; ewe, J, Reid, Oamaru. Komnoy Marsh ram, JI. Holmes; ewe, i. lteid. Southdown ram and ewe, J. Deans, Christeburch, Shropshire Downs ram, G. P. Pulley, Eangiora; ewe, J. Keid and * Sons, Otago. The fat sheep are a magnificent lot. Cattle came forward in larger numbers than of late years, but as a whole are not in the best show con(tfal, Shorthorns are a fairly class, the breed being well represented, The Championship was taken by J. Johns' Lord Salisbury. There is a large entry of Ayrshires, in which class K. B Fergusson, Oamaru, was tho principal prize-taker. The other breeds exhibited are nothing out of the common, In fat cattle, the fact of arrangements having been made by which exhibits may be shipped alive to tho London market induced a largo ontry of prime beef animals, of which thoso shown by G. E. Rhodes and D. Rutherford attracted much attention. There is a representative entry in the milking classes, but the competition will not be decided till to-morrow. In draught horses some fine animals are shown, but a number of classes are poorly represented. Draught mares are by far the best class. J. Shearer, Ashburton, took the first prize and the championship for the mare Flora McDonald. W, jttg's Middlerigg, last year's champion, who also took first prizes at Leestoii and Ashburton this year, was the champion entire. Light borees are to be judged to-morrow. There is a magnificent display of jmplomonls and farm machinery, and other sections of the show are well filled,