MANAWATU SHOW;

Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 94, 19 October 1908, Page 5

MANAWATU SHOW;

SATISFACTORY ENTRIES

[PRESS ASSOCIATION.] : <-: PALMERSTON N., Saturday. Entries for the live stock division of the Manawatu A. and P. show,^ which includes horses, sheep, cattle-,' dogs, a.nd poultry, closed on Friday last, and in these' days when quality is more aimed for than quantity, numbers are not considered so much as previously, but nevertheless the figures below will prove interesting. The sheep entries total in all 560, cattle 230, and horses 270. In the ring events there are 35 competitors in the maiden hunters ; lady riders, hunters (second day), 15; * leaping competition (steeplechase style), > 22; ladies' challenge cup, 30; and for the rest of the competitions, such as ladies' riding and driving there are about 40 entries all told. In the pig "classes the entries number about 70* and for dogs about 300. These figures are necessarily only approximate, as many post entries will be received, and further numbers are expected after the Hawke's Bay show. The implement section will coyer about : 40,000 feet, and the public schools aiid . industrial exhibits will ;take about 3000 square feet of wall space.