THE AUCKLAND SHOW.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2082, 10 November 1885, Page 2

THE AUCKLAND SHOW.

... — . — . _ Tiik anmul show undur tho .m^pic-i of the Auckland Agricultural .iml l'.i-tor il V-,m> elation was openod mi the show ground, Hll«>i >he, on S.iturd ly, and continued dur niff y^terd.iv. Oiviiur to tin 1 :ulinir.ihle .irranK.Miiont-, cf the ro-til .»n<l T.-ln »i.iplnc I>ei>.utmonti, by whiclu oiuiti y new -.|i.i|icrn arc cut oS from the ontoi woild on nil public holidays we .»rc uinblc to r.'port Vi"»torday's pritcwdiiiif-", b\it from pirtuu1 ir-« of the first .lay •< judvemj; to li.md, wo ire eitibled to lfldic.ltf the siiccis "f tin 1 c\])ibit-f from W.uk.ito. Th • Show \\ n very mmcos-f\il in point of tlio ii'irub t of entrie--, and in conspqnciict 1 of th** .»dmi->-■viim flic bouiß lo\wied, thcro w.ia much larg» i r .ittcndanc) of tfio jmblic onS.it\ird.ivth.ini-. u^i.vl on tlicnp-ninK day. In mwm of tlu 1 cl.v<-<' 1->,1 ->, uot.ihk she»-p and cittlf, the immbiT of exhibit^ Mtoued i ••Hb->tinti.*l )iicr«M-<o over fonnor yo.ir-, \mt m thr how cl.vs-e- th«>u« was ' { '»>ythuijr, a f.ilbnj? off, cspcLi.illy in r<'>pi'ct of yomiK Htock. Tlktc w.(^ tlu> iiMi.il diKpl.iy i»f m.ichiinuy, iir.pluincntx, carnapos, , A.c , and the ground .ilto^-ther we w>iy ittr.ictnu. Our local t-vlnbitori wciopd ticulnrlysueco-ifnl, m.iuv of tlio pri/ns in the ovttlc and sheep cUi^mn c unms t>> W.nk ito, while one of tho bl>io übbo-i- in the dr.uight hor-io clhmh will ,\Un hud it-* w.iv to (\iinbri<lgi\ IJulow we line suinin.in-.cd the pri/i* list, Ki\in£ prounnencu only t<» the Wnik.ito entries :—

HOK-.KS. In thoroughbred* W.uk ito \\.v< unrciirr scntecl. The Stud Company took the hi-4 pri/p for entires with Leolmus. In draught stock, too, thts coinpiiiv weie buge, l>ri7.c t,ikor-«. Mes-sr* Hicli.ird-.on .wid JJ ixtei'n 15 miiiu Prince pit the hi^t pn/c for tin. 1 bet ciitiu', coloni.tl bu-d, and Mos-rs A. .md .1. McNicol obtained sinei.d prizes in tho cl.i—o'* for inarcK and rilhe". Cipt. \V ilm-.-li«V -jociuri'd hrst honoiin in tin* linli.m f ivalry u'HKMint cli«i, with Mr W. T.iylor -ccoiid, .vnd Mr .1. S Buukl uid tlnrd. Mi 11. Bullock- Wcbht>>r to.tk second pn/.o foi cirrus horses, with hii five yi old pcrey S'ldiiitr, .\nd the s-imc hor-e w.iscoitiriiended m th • cl H-.C-, b'st luck up t<> l-'^t , and bp-t huntei. In the former of these, Mr \V. T.vyloi'srxhibU .md Mi N. I. Hunt" (!yro were .il-o comineiid>'d. Mi T.t}loi took second prize for li ick-s up to I4>t, and (ir-t prize for l.idy 1 -. hor-o.

c \ 111 y. In the shorthorn class the Stud Cotnpmy md the Wailc.it.> Lxtid Associ ition c irn.-d ..If nearly all, and in the Hereford class ,ill the honours between them. The e\c -ption in the shoith >m d is- w is the thud pn/e in the class for bust bull three years old and o\er, which \va.s taken by Mr \V. T.al-u's Duke of Newcastle. Tho retn.undor of the prizu list in bith cl isse-. is .i lecoid of tlin animils b>loti<;iui; to the two compttmw n.uned. In Devon*, Mr A. I'iiicklancl, in Jersey Aldeineys an( (liUTHseys Messrs Mori in and Cluk, .irif in A\ rslures Messrs Xol.ui and lJuckLmd weie the sole e\lnbito>-<. Tlit> <*how of t»iade cittle .m«l dur> stock wis not l.u>?e. 11l fnt stodc Walk.lto u»ni"s well to tlin fiont. Vor the b'st f.it ox bied and fed by exhibitor, Mi Riclmd Reynolds took fiist tnd champion pri/es, and tho "NVnik.vti* Lind Association took second I'm the two best lit oxen, under similar condition-., the Wmk.ito Lind Association took first .md the(iorton Kstate scchhl pn/.0. Koi the best fato\ the (J nton Kstate cam* hrst and the Lind Association sec Hid, while foi tho two 1) -st fat o\eu the piwitKitis wore reversed, with Mr K. Allen, jun , thiul. The eh unpion pri/.o of KIO fell to Mr R.

Reynolds. SUKKII. In tho Lincoln and Leicester cla-^es the Stud (Jonipany seemed all the h m uir-. In Cotswolds tho hon. J.»h. Wdlmiivin took a first fm his rain. In loiigwools Mi .las. Wallace took all the pu/.es, and M.-srs R. and K. M iclo.in performed a -miiil ir fo.»t in the S uithdnwn cliss. In S'irop.hii.; I) nun the Lmd Association and Stud Company were largo exhibitor*, and divided the pi i/e«, the forniei taking tho lion* -line. The lion .la-. Willi iimon tf it th" p.u. ;foi the b-st lain undei IS m tilths old. The Lind Vssticiation wui.* also lu^i" pu/e tikeis m the fit sh»ep cl.»-~.

OTHHI ( I Vssl->>. In pitf-. poultry, <l»fr, ami ntlun- fancy d.HM>, W.llk.vtll SV.lh IV>t IUJIWiIMIt'-iI. .11l I in Waiij produce only t<> .1 v<'M li.jnt-tl oxtout. Tin' TV Aw uinitu F.ict-ny took the firtt pu/c for tho ln-.t -".'i \h> of ..1.1, .unl si-coii'l pri/i' for a lik.j qinntity <>f now (li'i'Mi, to^cthei uitli til" cliampinii [in/M of £10 10^ for tli.- l)'4tmn( ehei'M! suitable for export. Tiio otln-r WiiU.it.) fiiutoiio dul not comjit'U', « inch is, t > •« \y the U- i-t, -omewli.it ri'muk.ible. Tlie l-'i-o/.t-n M«".it Comp.inv^ t'Tlnbit-, of prt'MTM'il ami salt inr.it, butter, ic*, &c, .ittr.\ctod .1 good ile.il of attention.