THE AUCKLAND CATTLE SHOW. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] [FROM OUR OWN SPECIAL REPORTER.]

Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1305, 9 November 1880, Page 2

THE AUCKLAND CATTLE SHOW. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] [FROM OUR OWN SPECIAL REPORTER.]

Auckland, Last Night. Thk Show to-day was very successful, though the number of entries were not large, only G29, including Horticultural exhibits, being shown. A large number of Waikato people arrived to-day to be present at the Show to-morrow, when the Horse Entry Review will uUo take place at Ellerslie. Waikato was scarcely represented at all. Thoroughbred Stock.— Musket, Istprize;' Cap-a-pie, 2nd prize. Best colt foaled since August, 1877 : Fergusson's Blackcock, by Thunderbolt, Ist prize. Beat colt foaled since August, 1879: Buckland's Petrarch, by Queen Mab, Ist prizo. Best mare, any age, won by Buckland's Una ; Fergusson's Locket commended. The following is the prize li«,t for sheep and cattle :—: — Sheep.— Lincolns : Class 98, for the best ram : nine entries ; Ist, R. H. D. Fergusson, shorn November, 1879 ; 2nd, J. May, shorn October, 1879; commended, R. H. D. Fergussou, shorn November, 1879. Class 99, for the best ram hogget ; 11 entries ; Ist and 2ud, James Wallace ; Ist and 2nd, Joseph May (?). Class 100, for the best pen of three ewes with sucking lambs ; live entries ; Ist and 2nd, James Wallace ; commended, J. anil J. May. Class 101, for the best pen of three ewe hoggets ; nine entries ; Ist, James Wallace; 2nd, R. H. D. Fergusson ; highly commended, A. and J. Anderson. — Leicesters : Classes 102 and 103 ; no entry. Classes 101, for the best pen of three ewes, suckling lambs ; Ist, James Wallace. Class 103, for the best pen of three ewe hoggets ; Ist, James Wallace. — Cotswolds : Class 106, for the best ram ; three entries ; Ist and 2nd, A. Buckland. Classes 107, 108, and 109 ; no entries. — Longwools : Class 110, for the best pen of three ewes suckling lambs ; Ist, James Wallace. Class 111, for the best pen of three ewe hoggets, J. May. — Romney Marsh: Classes 112, 113, 114, 14-3 ; no entries. — Shropshire Downs : Class 116, for the best ram; Ist, T. and S. Morrin. Class, 17, for the best ram hogget ; no entry. Class US, for the best pen of 3 ewes suckling lambs ; no cntiy. Class 119, for the best pen of 3 ewes hoggetts ; no entry.— Fat Sheep : Cla'-s 120, for the thn pen of o fat wethers ; no entry. Class 129, for the best pen of 5 fat ewes: no entry. Cbiss 130, for the best pen of .5 fat lambs ; no entry. Cattle.— Class 15, for the be&t bull 3 years old and over ; l&t, T. & S. Morrm's Cambridge Duke 10th, rich roan; sire 2ith Duke of Adrie (3640), dam Red Rose 6th by Cambridge Duke 11th (2-3706), grand dam Red Ro«e by Grand Duke 4th. Class 46, for the best bull 2 years old and under 3 years ; Ist T. and S. Mornn's Lord Dullerin ; rom; sire Duke of Newcastle (2071), dam Lidy Elo.mor by Duke of Somerset (2G02), grand dam Bloomer by Conqueror (2146G) ; 2ad, Fisher and Co. 's 9th Duke of Athol calved August, 1878, by Bth Duke of Athol, dam Myrmongc, by Duke of Lancaster, dam Rose Leaf 2nd. Class -17. for the best bull, one year and under two years ; first, C. Day's Butterfly, c.ilvcd 9th January, 1878, by Lord Darlington 2nd (196, N.Z.), dam Queen of the Butteiflies (S3, N.Z.), gr dam Queen Mab ; .second, Morrin and Studholme's Lord Wellington, red and white, calved 12th October, 1870, by Lord Hastings, dam Sincerity, by Lord Stanley (2G748), gr dam Faithful, by Prince Rubina (18636). Class 48, for the best bull calf, six months old and under twelvemonths; Ist, T. and S. Mornn's Prince Frederick, red, bred by T, and S. Morrin, Meadow Bank ; &iro Crown Prince (66), dam Mantolini, by Dandelion (30849), gr dam cow by Ekov (2GU7). Class 49, for the best cow three-year-old and over ; seA r en entries ; T. and S. Morrin's Genevis Gwynne, roan ; sire Grand Duke of Geneva (31288), dam Musical 3rd bv grand T^uke of Lightburn 2nd (26251), grand dam Musical by Grenadier (21576), Ist ; T and S. Morrin's Pets Purple, rich roan, j-ire Imperial Purple 24th, dam Pet, by Middlcham (16562,) graud dam Pet by Wilbertree (1868), 2nd. It will be seen that somo of t l ie stock bred by Mr Fantham has carried off honors.