THE TAIERI AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY SHOW.

Bruce Herald, Volume VI, Issue 402, 17 January 1872, Page 6

THE TAIERI AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY SHOW.

''f!: icir&thzHEditOi QfMeVßftteel&efriadXiV. J ;i: si: p ; ■„ S&t V^lii^reaaffig fybtir: ''accoun't' :r of'; 'the 1 r <vCaje!ri Agricultural -.Society^ [-Show^ ..which. ;appeared in-last,weeks^is^ue pf^youfcyajnable, paper, 1 was^very" much'sifrprisea 'to ' find' .'tiisiti your reporter took it upon!" himself to I jiriptign certain decisions -of-the judges*- andaf ter living ■•■ depreciated! t'oi'tHe .utmost' x'ri Jiis/ :p'owbr ■ first;, prize animus,,, he . proceeds a little farther lon' to lavish praise. tipftn others ij^jthe most prodigal manner.'" (Against 'j^ttch o.^nauct:r,o.^ jtlie^rtjQfyypuß .reporter, [beg most nifatigably to protest. \ ''.NotjoriTy is' Setting a very -bid example,'/which bh/ejpe.ople-ipit' 'the jTaieri are only too much inclined to ' Mlqw^lready.. ,^iirmuringyaud'gr^wlirig^at.the decisions 61 the ili ages'' lias always"" been \ (indulffeS^intb'S liJrge'-'e^tent.^in the $aieri. . atid I f tremble for the result opo^,,that the ..<'Bnice HeraldXhas, lent., the weight of its Example to "Sncli 1 a bad'practice. How your 'r&pdrteri&So'uld' dbjfect to the first prize bull %ft&!, cow- of- the- shorthorn breed. 1 -Cannot,; understand as .theyvflidfW 'appealed to me to be a'dmirable,anjmalg.;; „ and.,why,, he.^hould.. have 'singled; put. the .three;, ,m a.res he, s did ■if or. ,s^ch' i unqualitiedi commendation,;,..is,, also, a ,jii^3 i tej'y/,isp rstrange.>.does it.appear to-.methatj I'qannot fhelp>addressin2 itoi.your, reporter.the . speech-which our -motheV Eve once addressed <td:the f great "enemy ofmankind::— ■■y M."l : :■ 'i' | "-Serpent, thy over praising; leaves >in „,., \-i.f.i-. (lotiibt the virtue;of tli'e.f ruitV- ■;• "K-i ;; Ce.rtaiii'-la'tri tftatf neith'e.r'bf >i)he' J threeiare. {aultys's? :i,'kjii(i(,'so tme;"^bf;''thiein":' :at' least; 7are; '■ . .defective in infcire' points'' than.'prie.; • ■■•' !; .'" /Tlierelis'anothpr.mattpr, j^r'Editor; about^ whicii J: woui^^liiiei'jtb say'a fe,w words, your' ;iii;"^pea^lrig'.' oV.''oe.)' .unpopular decision-of ythe jjudges'.iespectiiigthe entire hbrse ><for ,] .drau,gh t purposes) ,reriiarks.: tliat; | one* of the judges said. <itheyi Jppked. for ; the Upurest blood. If this is true it would appear that the .judges gave' the first" prize to an . UnimaL^vhiobitljey^i;hemse)ves.ackribwledged '{p'bainferiorjmerbly became jthey ■imagined jii; t6 be purer bred than some of the others. ;Tlie horses in "fact were not.judged by ; their •points at .all,. ...."but by ttieir pedigrees,' and if .tliat is tojbe the -way, in rfuture, .there^iU be ,ng further need for the liorses to'make tneir appWarance in jtlie ring;' fof if their~pedigreesare| su"onutced: v for°i;lie judges' inspection ib ;will atosw^feverypurpose. I have; 'not! tre'spa'sseditoo much on? youi?: spaced and .that y.o.u i will' find a corner: for ;this in your , next/issue.,: ,-.{\w."') ]•■■;?. ,■>•;.■:.:•!! ■ '.'j.i ■ "VM i .', •':,!■ ■ ; • -: .1, am,.&c, r-j ,;" •i(; . V ' ■'"'.■. ',■.'■•' ' . ■ rAiBPi'AY. "; iuEas It',Taien^an.:'Bth^is72:;'!' ' ;";'' r; ■.""; „. '["'^airplay; "Ms 1 b-110-w'ed his temper to bltndv him to what our reporter did say. Qur .reporter ! didi not jmpuga the judges!'. decision, .but . .while recording^ theirs, gave expression to his , oyvii '^opinion, which ho had ;a perfect, riglit, to do, !\vithou{;: in';any w:iy depreciating .either oneanimal or another, pointing out attVe sauieitiifie,that two equally ■ good judges might decide. qui};s.; different,because it was possible they might do so from different points of view, one from the purity ;ofi the bi-e.ectand possibly the.other; on tlie ground o't'" which':is tie most valuable animal."' '"iFuir .play! "-has assumed a:name which is anything but : appropriatatohis epistle. Our reporter was.far 'more.likely to form, an . unbiasod opinion than '■'F. JP." was, being neither personally' interested i nor at all intimate or w«ill acquaint with almost any>bf the exhibitors, at the same tiiiie quite ascompetent to;:form.-;an; opinion on the general Imerits;ofstopk.a3,^E;.B."— liu.^ 8.11.'] „.;. ■..