AGRICULTURAL SHOWS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11752, 28 November 1903, Page 5

AGRICULTURAL SHOWS.

DUNEDIN.

(special to "na nsxas."). DUNEDIN, November 27. A strong blustering wind blew over Tahuna Park to-dsy, bat over sixteen thousand people attended the Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Society's Summer Show. Visitors were pivsent from all quarters ol Otago and Southland, and many from Christchurch, Leeston, Rakaia, Ashburtoa, Tcniuka, Albury, Tiuiaiu, Waimate, and other parts of Canterbury. The president (tho Hon. T. Fergus) assisted in many ways to have every detail in connection with tlie show carried out satisfactorily. Associated with him was an excellent committee of practical workers, who, with the secretary (Mr H. V. Fulton), carried everything out to a most satisfactory conclusion, and tlie treasurer (Mr John Angus) will be able to present a gratifying balanceebeet.

The chief attractions were the judging of the Clydesdale and light horses, a general parade of all prize stock, feats of horsemanship, a highly interesting and vigorously contested fog-chopping competition, stock riding, pony racing, and jumping contests. HORSES. The total entry of horses numbered 263, and taken all round they made up a highly creditable exhibition. Decidedly the best of the draught stallions was Mr W. Gardiuer's Oamftru : bred horse, Ccdric the Saxon, by that renowned sire, Crown Prince, out of the old champion mare Rowen*. Oedric has furnished out into an uncommonly good animal, and the judges had no hesitation in placing him first in his class, and mibisequentiy ordering him to be decorated with the champion ribbon. The other champion honour was awarded to Mr R. Charters'* Kate o'Shane, by Lord Lytton. out of Kate, an imported mare. Tlie judges differed in their opinion of her general merits and those of R. Gawn's Rose, and a third judge was called in, who quickly decided in favour of Kate O'Shane, though Rose had stout champions amongst many Clydesdale breeders present. The other prize-takers for draughts were Messrs T. Liken, R. Gawn, S. Young, Jas. Patrick, J. Calender, and J. Ewan.

Tlie two-year-old stallions -were a particularly good and promising lot, and the dry mares and two-year-old fillies would have been hard to beat in any show ring. A lot of good working horses were shown, though some better ones hare been seen on tlie Dunedin ground. The carriage, buggy and dog-cart horses, cobs and ponies, made a good show. The chief prize-takers in tbe carriage section were Messrs A. Thomson, S. Solomon, Tmrie and Grant, Mrs Cutten, and the Edendale estate. Those who came out prominently with hackneys were Messrs H. MeLeod, D. Seaton, W. Milne, W- 0. T. Goodman, and T. Evan.

Blood stock was represented by Oblitrado and tho brood mare Motto, sire Medallion.

The first prise winners in the pony classes wero Messrs T. A. Brown, W. 0. McKellar, P. Duncan, P. 0. Faris, and A. S. Orbell. WOOD CHOPPING. Tlie log-chopping competitions were won by W. Poff, G. Braine, J. F. MoLachlan, T. Hunt, W. Puller, and H. Howe. Poff was first to sever the 18in log, in 3miu 40sec, and Braine the first to cut through a 2ft, log, his time being Binin 55sea An unusual amount of interest was taken in the competitions, good judges agreeing that it was by far the best exhibition of axe wielding ever seen on a southern show ground. There were twelve competitors, and sir prizes were awarded. IMPLEMENTS AND MACHINERY.

There was a fine display of agricultural implements and general farm machinery, together with a lot of miscellaneous exhibits. Amongst the principal firms reprefented were:—J. E. Watson and Co., (Jones's patent lever binders and mowers, ploughs, garden tools, and cream separators),. P. and D. Duncan (ploughs, cultiva*tors, and harrows), Morrow, Bassett, and Co. (McCormick- harvesting machinery, ploughs, harrows, cultivators, lawn mowers, grain drills, and other lines), Dalgety and Co. (Osborne harvesting machinery), E. "Reynolds (Dux ploughs and I cultivators), Anchor Fence Company (wire fencing farm, garden, and park' gates), Reid and Gray (farm implements and machinery, and Deering harvesters), Nimmo and Blair (Planet, Jr., garden and orcliard tools), Booth and Macdonald (grain drills, windmills, and oil engines), "SSssey-Harris Company (harvesting machinery, ploughs, drills, etc.), Cooper and Duncan (ploughs, drills, and harrows), R. B. Denniston and Co. (a particularly nice display of the various kinds of machinery), F. R. Manning (traction engines and threshing plants), Andrews and Beavan (chaffcutters and corncrushers). Alpha Laval cream separators were shown by Mason, Struthers, and Co. Kempthorne, Prosser, and Co. exhibited manures, linseed oils, cake, and meal. 'Hie New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company had a display of the New Century reapers ond binders, hay rakes, and Crown cream separators. John Jaanieson and Sons displayed MeDougall sheep dips, insecticides, concentrated soaps, disinfectants, oik, etc., and their flying of the Eddy war (kites was a novelty on the ground which was viewed with much interest. R. Lochead had a big display of sewing machines, go-carte, and perambulators. H. E. Shaeklock exhibited a quantity of ranges. Good specimens of local carriage builder*' work, and a lot of misoellanieous exhibits, helped to make up a highly-creditaHo display in this department of the show.