POULTRY SHOW

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21803, 8 June 1936, Page 8

POULTRY SHOW

CAT SECTION JUDGED FINE SPECIMEN WINS THE CUP The judging of the cat classes in the Christchurch Poultry, Pigeon, Canary, and Cat Club’s sixty-ninth show, which was held in the King Edward Barracks in Cashel street, was the main feature of the last day of the show on Saturday. The judge of the cats, Mr J. D. Gobbe, said that the best cat in the show, exhibited by Mrs R. Burrowes, was a spendid specimen. The entries were' quite as numerous as those of last year. Much public interest in the birds and the animals was shown on Saturday and in the evening, the attendance being larger than during the previous two days. Details of the results, including championship and cufi winners, are:— CATS Chinchilla, male (1): Miss E. Boyns I. Shaded silver, male (2); Mrs R. Burrowes 1, Mrs T. Johnson 2. Female (2): Mrs A. W. MacGillivray 1, Miss E. Boyns 2. Blue, male (1): Mrs W. Hale 1. Female (2); Mrs A. W. MacGillivray 1, Mrs W. Hale 2. Black, male (1); Mrs A. W. MacGillivray 1. Female (1); Mrs A. W. MacGillivray 1. Orange, fawn, cream, or white, female (1); Mrs E. Parker 1. Any oth jr colour, female over 12 months (1): Miss E. Boyns 1. Neuter, Persian, light (1): Mrs L. Lindsay 1. PERSIAN KITTENS Light, male, under six months (2): Mrs R. Burrowes 1. Mrs T. Johnson 2. Female, under six months (3): Mrs T. Johnson 1. Mrs R. Burrowes 2, Mrs A. W. MacGillivray 3. Male or female, under four months (3)’ Mrs A. W. McGillivray 1. Mrs Faas 2 and 3. SHORT-HAIRED CATS Male, any colour (1): Mrs E. Parker 1. Female (1). Mrs E. Parker 1. Neuter (1); Miss D. L. Chamley 1. Under eight months (3): Miss D. L. Chamley 1. Mrs E. Parker 2 and 3, Royal sacred Siamese, male or female, over eight months (1): Miss E. Boyns 1. CHILDREN’S CLASSES Persian, over eight months (4): H. J. Vincent 1 and 2, Patricia Hough 3. Under 12 months (2): Kathleen Diffin 1, Bernard Vincent 2. Short-haired, over 12 months (1); R. Allan. SOUTH ISLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS Blue, smoke, or black, adult male; Mrs W. Hale. Any other 'colour, adult male; Mrs R. Burrowes. CLUB CHALLENGE CUPS Male: Mrs R. Burrowes. Female: Mrs A. W. MacGillivray. Kitten, under eight months: Mrs T. Johnson. Short-haired: Miss E. Boyns. Norris Cup for best cat in show; Mrs R. Burrowes. RHODE ISLAND RED AND ORPINGTON Club Special Prizes Rhode Island Red, utility: A. E. Hounscll. Orpington, black: E. Wheeler. Any other colour; A. W. Pritchard. Standard: B. Kelly. Australorp: D. A. MacKie. The club reported that the entry , was a record one, comprising 43 Rhode Island Reds, 69 Orpingtons, and 24 Australorps, a total of 136.