THE PRESIDENT PLEASED

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14824, 15 November 1913, Page 13

THE PRESIDENT PLEASED

Mr John Grigg, tho president of the Canterbury A. and P. Association for the Jubilee Show was justly pleased with the magnificent success which tho Show has proved itself to be. Ho pointed out that in all classes there had been a exeat response on the part of exhibitors who had- come forward with their stock and other exhibits in a manner that could not be deterred by any threats of a strike or inconvenience caused thereby. The attendance looked as though it stood a good chance of being very nearly a record, and he thought everyone connected with the management of the Show could congratulate themselves on the rc«ult of their -work. He had to thnnk sincerely all tho officials who had worked very hard in their several pphnres, and had dono their ntmost to carry

their duties out without a hitch. His own opinion of the stock display was very favourable indeed and ho thoughtthat in many rvspoots tho Show was one of the Inst thaA had ever born held under the auspicos of the. Association. The sheep exhibit was n magnificent one. though here and there there had been a tow gaps om-od l>y tho strike preventing exhibitors Rettint: their sheep on tho ground*. The. English Lcicesu-rs were the most stable breed in the Show and for years and years tho brooders had Kept to the good old typo popularised by Makewell. This type "was practically extinct in England now, the breeder*'* ideas bavin" run to a leegy sheep of a very different, character. If the English brooders wished to go back to the old style they would have to come to Now Zealand for their stock. The cattle section included a bigger variety of broods thnn had boon tho «»*«> for some time, and the quality all through was good. The light horses wore surpr ; si'jgiy good, and tho only section winch had beer, -v little disappointina from .a Canterbury man's point of view was tb;vt devoted to draught horses. Somo had decided not to come- forward for ono reason and another, which narn>w«! tho rincs considerably, dotractinj; from the interest in the" section. Jut. s|x\aking generally, the President sni'l he was more than satisfied with the Jubiloo Show, and his opinion wns bacbcxl up by the majority of tin- public.