WAIKATO AGRICULTURAL SHOW

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3175, 29 October 1892, Page 2

WAIKATO AGRICULTURAL SHOW

SECOND DAY. The first Show held by the Waikato Agricultural and Pastoral Association is over, and on every side it is admitted that it was an undoubted success. During the two days, with the exception of a shower on Thursday afternoon, tho most perfect weather prevailed, which added greatly to the pleasure of those who were present. Tho attendance on Thursday, estimated at close on 3000, was the largest gathering that has been seen in Waikato, and in the assemblage were included representatives from every part of the district and we might almost say province. The special trains from Te Awnmutu, Cambridge and Auckland were crowded, and large numbers were conveyed to the ground in vehicles of all descriptions, and on horseback, while many living close at hand wended their way to the ground on foot. Tho utmost good order and sobriety prevailed throughout the two days', and although there was a stong police force present, under Inspector Emerson, fortunately thenservices wero little required further than to assist the officials in keeping the crowd back during the various competitions. The Hamilton Brass Band, under Bandmaster Meachem, was present on the ground and rendered a number of selections during the afternoon in a very creditable manner. Mr T. Buxton, of the Royal Hotel, Hamilton, supplied liquid refreshments to many patrons, while more solid refreshments were provided by Mrs Ryan and Mr T. M. Hill. We might here mention that there was considerable grumbling (which is to be expected wherever the British public congregate) at the accommodation supplied at the refreshment rooms. As we pointed out prior to the Show, the holders of the various privileges had a big contract, and soon after noon day it was evident that they had not reckoned on providing for such a large number of visitors, eatables of all kinds being short, and hence the inconvenience, but no doubt the arrangements in this respect will be improved on future occasions. While on the subject of grumbling, it may not be out of place to mention that there was a considerable amount with regard to the delay in affixing the prize tickets on the winners after the awards had been made by the judges. The Secretary on another occasion might bear this in mind,

His Excellency the Governor (Lord Glasgow), accompanied by the Hon. W. P. Reeves and his private secretary, came up from Auckland by special train, and were met at Frankton Junction by the president of the association (Mr James Hume) and the vice-president (Mr John Fisher). The party were then conveyed over to the ground in an open drag, drawn by four horses, which had been awarded first and second prizes in the carriage horses classes, the popular ex-whip, Mr H. Kerr, handling the ribbons in his well-known style. His Excellency was driven up to the grand stand, the band playing " God Save the Queen," and soon after, being conducted On to the stand, the whole of the various classes of horses were paraded on the lawn , before him. The show was a splendid one, and Lord Glasgow expressed himself as very much pleased at such a splendid exhibition of the noble animals. The jumping competitions were then commenced, the ladies coming first. The three hurdles were placed in front of the stand, so that the Vice-Ref,al party had a splendid view of the exhibition. There were seven entrants for this class, viz. : Miss Windsor on Mistake, Miss Walker on Commissioner, Mrs Gane on Dainty, Mis E. H. Pilling on Laverock, Miss Dykes on Opawa, Miss Hunt on Moonlight, and Miss W. Walker an Muscatelle. The riding of these ladies over the various obstacles elicited great applause from the spectators, and the Governor took great interest in the competition. Mrs E. H. Pilling, who was awarded first prize, came in for the largest share of public applause, her seat and style being greatly admired, but the riding of her sister (Miss Walker) on Commissioner—a horse very difficult to manage—was also vory favourably commented on, and in the opinion of some she should have occupied tho piemiar position. The exhibition of horsemanship displayed by the ladies in a?i the classes was the theme of general admiration and was a decided contrast to that of the gentlemen. As His Excellency's time was very limited he then proceeded to inspect the cattle and sheep which kept him occupied until the departure of his train. Before leaving the Governor expressed himself as greatly pleased at the Show and heartily thanked the Association for having invited him to be present. The train left shortly before 4 p.m., so as to reach Auckland in time to allow of His Excellency attending a ball at the Northern Club in the evening. After the departure of Lord Glasgow, tha other jumping competitions proceeded that for horses under 15 hands being awarded to Mr A. R. Hmes' Maori, as was also the second prize in the class for horses any weight. In this latter class the first honours fell to Mr H. Bullock-Webster's Ledbury, ridden by Mr Webster himself and the award met with the full approval of the public, his clean and finished style being greatly admired by everybody.

One of the most importaut competitions of the whole show was that for Messrs Reynolds and Cd.'s special prize for the cow producing the best butter fat test. Out of nine entries seven cows were milked at 7 a.m. on Thursday morning having been milked at 5 p.m. on the previous evening in the presence of Mr I. Coates, who labelled the milk and was present during the testing at the factory as was also Mr George Edgecumbe one of the executive committee and a representative of this journal. The following is a description of the cows with the amount of miik obtained :— No. 1, T. E. Dodd's Jolly, yellow and white, calved last September 10, 1892, 19Jlbs ; No. 2, F. L. Wright's Bopeep, fawn, calved last February 29.1892,10j:1bs ; No. 3, F- L. Wright's Gossip, silver grey, calved last February 2G, 1892, B£lbs ; No. 4, Geo. Edgecumbe's Biddy, fawn, calved last October 17, 1892 (awarded first prize as a dairy cow), 17Jlbs ; No. 5, Mrs Gwynne's Myra, yellow and white, calved last October 14, 1892, 17£lbs ; No. 0, C. Day's Beauty 3rd, calved last January 10, 1892. 141bs ;' No. 7, Mrs Radford's Dolly, calved last October 13, 1592, 18Jlbs. Samples of the milk wero then taken by Mr Farley (Messrs Reynolds and Oo.'s representative), and conveyed to the factory, where they were tested by Dr. Babcock's tests, with the following results :—No. 1, 4 G-10ths per cent, butter fat; No, 2, 7 per cent. : No. 3, 9 2-10ths per cent. : No. 4, 2 4-10ths per cent. ; No. 5, 2 6-lOths per cent. ; No. G, 6 4-10ths per cent. ; No, 7, 4 G-lOths per cent, After complying with the various conditions, Mr Farley awarded the prizes in the following order :—No. 3 Ist, No. 6 2nd, No. 2 3rd, Mr F. L. Wright taking the first and third, and Mr C. Day the second, the three prixe-winners being Jerseys. The yield of cream from the Ist prize winner was 26 per cent, of cream (3 G-lOths per cent, of butter fat, being equivalent to 10 per cent, of cream). This is an enormous yield, and has beaten, we are informed, the Australian record. The milk from this cow, Mr Farley states, would make 10.471b of butter from 1001ns of milk. The percentage of cream in, and the amount of butter obtainable from, every lOOlbs of milk from the other cows is: No. 1, 12J per cent, and 5.171b ; No. 2, 19 per cent, and B.llb ; No. 4, G per cent and 2.561b ; No. 5, G.J per cent, and 2.81b; No. C, 17 per cent.' and 7.3G1b ; and No. 7, 12J per cent, and 5.171b. Fur the shearing competition there were only two entries, of whom D. Tribe was declared the winner by two seconds in three sheep. The dog trial was competed for by five dogs, and was won by Mr N. I. Hunt's Sailor, who was the only one to get the sheep yarded, although the work done by Mr Gordon's Laddie was also very good. He managed to get the sheep into the yard, but did not hold them till tho hurdle was closed. The time allowed was 15 minutes, and Sailor accomplished his task in lOmin. 55secs. In our report as published in Thursday's issue, we find that the awards in Classes 87 and 88 of the sheep were mixed together, so wo make the necessary corrections below. Before closing our remarks, we desire to thank the stewards and other officials of the Association for the courtesy with which our representatives wero treated in the furnishing of information, ko. As regards the general reporting of she show we are aware of many shortcoming", of sundry omissions, and of failing to direct attention to many point.? of interest, fortunately we have always at our command a medium opeu to us whereby we are enabled to supply omissions and to make correction. Taking our report as a whole we do not hea- jf much exception being taken to it. Our attention has however been directed to one or two points and we are indebted to those gentlemen who have called our attention to them. In the Lincoln sheep Class No. SS, referred to above,;it must havo boon evident to anyone

and more particularly to those competing I thai there were some pilpable omissions in the statement of awards. This has now been corrected, Mr Seddnn taking lir-t honours with Mr McNicol second in one of the largest and most keenly contested classss in the show. In our general remarks too, under the heading of sheep we overlooked Mr Forrest's name amongst those prominent as breeders of Lincolns. We aro glad of the opportunity of supplying tho r.niisshm as Mr Forrest has boon a consistent and successful enmpetitorat mostof the principal shows in the province for many years past. As regards the show of agricultural implements and machinery, buggies, stoves, etc., upon the ground wo are pleased to hear that those tirios who sin.wed sufficient enterprise to avail themselves of the oppor tnnity of bringing their different wares before the public have had no reason to regret the trouble and expense they incurred. Some extensivo orders for machinery were booked by Mr Pickering representing Walter A. Wood and Co., by Mr Allen representing tho McCormick Coy. and others. Messrs Cousin and Atkin we understand also found purchasers for several of their buggies. Below are the awards mado on Thursday : — SHOEING. Judges: Messrs J. Bradley and A. M. Hustie. Class 43—Best Shod Roadster. Sixentries.—W. and J. McMillan (Cimbridge), 1; J. and T. Prince (Oh.iupo), 2. Class 44—Best Shod Heavy Draught. Two entries.—J. A. Lynch (Mr T. Slade, Hamilton), 1; It. Monkman (Hamilton), 2. LEAPING MATCHES. Judges: Messrs J. S. Auckland and R, Rathbnrne. Stewards : Messrs E. B. Cox and R. Fisher. Class 40—For Houses, under 15 hands, weight not under 10 stone, over three jumps, including water jump. Three entries.—A. R. Hine's bay gelding, Maori, 1; E. Souter's bay gelding, 2. Class 41—For Houses, any height, weight not under 12 stone, over three jumps, including water jump. Twelve entries. —■ H. Bullock-Webster's chestnut geldioe, Ledbury, by H"rcules, bred by Mr C. Lake, 1; A. R. Hine's Maori, 2. Class 42—Wire Frnck Jumi'ing Competition', over fence 3ft. ilin. high.—V. Papesch's bay gelding, 1 ; J. McNicol's Laverock, 2.

Class 42a—Ladies' Leu>ino Match, over three fences, 3ft. Gin. high. Three trials allowed. Seven entries.—J. McNicol's Laverock (ridden by MrsE. H. Pilline), 1; J. Corboy's Opawa (ridden by Miss Dykes), 2 ; W. G. Park's Muscatelle (ridden by Miss L. Walker), 3. SHEARING. Class 123—Best Shearer, to shoar three sheep. Time allowed, fifteen minutes. Two entries.—D. Tribe, 1; P. Kerr, 2. DOG TRIAL. Judges: Messrs D. McNicol and C. J. Storey. Five entries.—N. I. Hunt's Sailor, 1; J. Gordon's Laddie, 2. BUTTER. Cla=s GB.\—Special prize, given by Messrs Reynold:; and Co., £4 4s; second prize, given by Richard Reynolds, Esq., £2s 2s, For the Cow That Produces Best Butter Fat Tests, Nine entries. Conditions : (1) Cow to have calved five clear days before show day ; (2) competitors to state as near as possible the date when cow last calved ; (4) judges will take into consideration general ippearance, temperament, weight of milk, and date of last calving; (4) all cows to be milked dry on the evening of the 2Gth at 5 o'clock, and again to be milked on the show ground at 7 o'clock a.m. on the morning of tho 27th, in the presence of the judges.—F. L. Wright's Gossip, silver gray, calved last February 20th, 18!)2, 1; C. Day's Beauty 3rd, calved last January loth, 1802, 2; F. L. Wright's Bopeep, fawn, calved last February 29th, 1592, 3. PROTEST. In class 120, Best Pen of Five Freezing Shew, either sex, weight not to exceed 701b bred by exhibitor, a protest was entered by Mr Geo. Ballard agair.st the awards on the ground that the sheep were over the specified weight. Therefore, yesterday the various sheep were weighed, and an amended aivard was given as fol-lows-.—Williamson Bros., Merino ramMerino ewes, average weight 701b, 1; C. Day, average weight GO.Vlb 2 ; Gorton Estate, average weight, 01Mb, 3. CORRECTION. LINCOLN'S. Class 87—Best Pen oe Five Rams, under IS months. Thirteen entries.—o. T. Barriball, bred by exhibitor, 1; John McNicol, 2 ; John McNicol, hiehly commended ; Joseph Barugh, commended. Class 88—Best Pen of Ten Ewes, under 18 months. Nine entries.—S. T. Seddon, lambed August and September, 1801, bred bv exhibitor, 1: John MoNicol, 2; James Wallace, highly commended; James Forrest, commended.