MORRINSVILLE SHOW.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 59, 11 March 1930, Page 19

MORRINSVILLE SHOW.

RECORD

MANY CHAMPIONS COMPETING,

CFrom Our'; Own? Correspondent.)

' |5;. this day. * With a total-of; :672 entries compared with 630 last year, the Morrinsville A. and f j-Show, to b& held to-morrow, every .promise of' being a record one. The quality of the entries is far ahead of for previous shows, an<| most of. the breeders in the Waikato, King Country and Franklin districts will be well represented. Theite will be strong competition id all tier draught horse classes as the liadinjjl trophy is the New Zealand Clydesdale Society's fifty guinea cup for two-y6&r-°ld or upwards mares. • Theeleven Messrs. A. are showing at the. Morrinsville show, for the first time, and their entries, in the chief class include two mares imported.' from Scotland last year. Other Well-known breeders are exhibiting draught horses in' all the classes, so that a choice selection will be on view, in the fact, that this'is an age cf motors.

The' Jersey breed is represented by 99 entries, ; and there will be a splendid array" of pedigree stock, which has been exhibited with success at all the shows of th§ province., Cows and bulls which have w,on championships at the recent shows-at Auckland, Hamilton, - Pukekohe, Cambridge, Otorohanga and Matamata will be on view at Morrinsville, and such well-known breeders as Messrs. W. H. Morland and Son, V.-McD. Hutchings and T. A. Smith will have a number of representatives in the show ring.-;: Ther.Friesians are more numerous than in previous years, and a pleasing sign is that there are several new breeders exhibiting. Mrs. A. J. Clements' bull, Which won the championship at Morrinsville last year, and at the recent Hamilton Show, has been entered again. Most of the; leading Shorthorn breeders of the have entered their best animals, and Mr. K. D. Duxfield will be showing his bull,, which won the championship at the Royal Show, and has not yet been beaten.