A. AND P. ASSOCIATION.

Press, Volume XLVIL, Issue 7712, 18 November 1890, Page 3

A. AND P. ASSOCIATION.

The usual meeting of the Commit? tee of the above was held yesterday. Present— Messrs J. Anderson, jun. <Presidei ,t>, W. Henderson, J. T, Matson, John Dm *us, W. Boag, Geo. King,K.G. Staveley, p. Cunningham, J. W. Overton, A. W. iif oney, BL P. Murray-Aynsley, Bon. J. 1". Peacock and Hon. E. Gray. Thefollowingcorrespondence,Y fasread:— From the Traffic Manager of tto j Railway, stating that 2934 tickets had tie en sold to the Show Grounds on the 7th I nstant. The President said thp.t despite the bad weather they had taken t k bout £897 at the Show, which was an incjre ase on all the former years, except in \S Ji, when the amount taken was £937. Tf je only falling off was in connection With the prices received for the booths. Tf ils, he thought, was a very satisfactory MUf .te of things. From Mr Duncan Rutherford, asking why.it was that, the biood horse Maxim was allowed to be padded on the Show Grounds, as it was co~a> jrary to the rules, and very unfair to o'ft.er exhibitors. He as the owner of ChaMi Shot, the first-prize horse, had ordered that horse to be paraded alongside M axim, though he was aware that this wtj & n infraction ot the rules of the Assor;ia tion. Mr Murphy, t'ho Secretary of the Association, said th'AC a member of the Committee had come to the office and asked for a pass for dje horse, as the public would no doutt,; be glad to see such a horse. MtGko Krsfi said that Mr Rutherford had come to 1 iv.n and said that if Maxim : was allowed, to parade in front of the: office, he sh onid order oat Chain Shot. After sev ef.al members of the Committee had expret-wad the opinion that a mistake had been 'jo mmitted by allowing the horse to be par arled contrary to the rules, which provided, cfaat no stock should be exhibited on the and unless on the catalogue. Mr GfiOKGK King moved—"That the Commit fee regret that the rules of the Associf tfion were abrogated, but that the Commit.tee were not responsible for the admission of the horse, one member havirif; inadvertently allowed the horse to be a'jtlnitted." Mr Cunningham said he thought Mr Ru ti terford was quite right in his protest. Hti' d ad thought that the public would be gl Ad to see so high a class horse as Maxim, t> ao he now saw that he was wrong. He 'eight say that he thought Mr Rutherford bad no excuse for knowingly breaking the Joules of the Association. What should (have been done was thac Mr Rutherford ' should have called attention to the breach of the rules, and then the horse would, in all probability, have beeu ordered off the ground. Mr Murray-Aynsijsy seconded the motion, which was put and agreed to.' From Mr Geo. King, with reference to the refusal ot the judges to allow his pony to. compete. Mr King submitted that it should not be iv the province of the judges to exclude an exhibit, but that it should be left to exhibitors to protest in the usual way. Hon. EL Gray thought that the proper way to meet the difficulty would be for the entries to be measured prior to the judging by the Committee of the Association. Mr King thought that it would be better to let the aggrieved owner protest whenthey wouldhave the measurements. Hon. J. T. Peacock said he thought that the proper way would be to measure before judginsr. The President agreed with Hon. J. T. Peacock, as did also Mr Deans. Mr Murray - aynsley thought the Association should appoint one man to measure entries, which, would solve the difficulty. Mr, Cunningham suggested that the concrete slabs for measuring should be placed in the centre of the light horse ring. Mr Henderson quite agreed that the measurement bhouid be done prior to the entry. ■ After some discussion, it was resolved— " That the slab, as proposed by Mr Cunningham, should be placed in the light home riug, the horses measured by an officer of the Association prior to judging, and that the judges be not allowed to disqualify on account of height." The President said with regard to the small farms-competition the Committee had advertised and sent out circulars, but there was no response, and so that they had reluctantly come to the conclusion that they must give up the project. Accounts to the amount of £1044 were passed for payment, - including money prizes at the recent show £6110s. >Mr Geo. King moved—" lhat honorary class stewards be appointed for the horse and cattle classes." Mr JU W. Overton seconded the motion, which, after discussion, was withdrawn. Mr Geo. King suggested—" That it be a recommendation to the incoming Committee to have parades of stock, &c.* in the rings from I"p.m. t01.45 p.m., and the trotting horses in the outer ring during the same hours." . Mr Stavely thought the parade was a very excellent suggestion. At Oamaru this was one of the principal features of the Show. He would second the resolution. The motion waa put and carried. Jlr King then suggested that a class 'should be provided for cavalry horses. It was agreed to recommend this sag* gestion to the incoming Committee. It was also resolved—That it be a recommendation to the incoming Committee to appoint two judges and a referee throughout the whole Show, instead of three judges as now. j ■:'■■: > The President called attention to the necessity which existed for opening the produce sheds earlier than was now the .case:< v ■■> • ■■■ -■ ■-'■ ■-■■' - : ' ■■• v ---' j: . Mr Cunningham suggested that the difficulty might betnefc by the appointment of more judges in this class. Mr Kino suggested that the Association should otter some larger; prizes in the country classes. He had already obtained some £15 towards prizes next year. He thought-thatifc was just the time to bring the matter up, as they were going to build their grand stand. He would suggest that the matter should be recommended to the favorable consideration of the incoming Committee. . : ; The meetins; thenaojourned.