Show Changes

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30847, 4 September 1965, Page 10

Show Changes

| number of important vations have been toe to the schedule for H year’s Canterbury Cultural and Pastoral Aviation show to be htoon November 10, 11 LaLf support in some secti«lhas resulted in a few classA e ing deleted, while thereL been a tightening up oflalificatlons in some of thekrse classes to raise the stalj-d of competition in the shc*be association’s sec-retary-rjager (Mr H. M. Studhola S aid this week. In ads O n several new awards 1 be competed for in variol sections of the show. I For coietitors to be eligible in ine light horse events, enfcts will have had to previouiwin a first, second or thiAprize in a show. In the Puhnce and F.E.I. events onht grade entries will be eligL this year, Mr Studholme Id. Previously entries had I been restricted to just tMgrade. Similar restrictions any to other horse and ponclasses.

In the sheasection, new classes have |n added in the Dorset Doi Hampshire Down and PolllDorset categories. Howevl the Shropshire section haleen deleted altogether becail of the lack of support in reht years. Shropshires ufe first entered for compejion in the show in 1868. w® a pen of five came forwaj Mr Studholme said. Theitvere regularly exhibited frp 1885. For the Merinojoup class, which was preiusly for three sheep of diifent ages, the regulations ha>lbeen altered so that the enfes in the class will be of tfee fourtooth rams. New awards inclul a new prize in the RyelanSsection for the best woollei sheep, while halfbred entrj will also have a new awal The late Mr G. J. H. Rd, of Grassington, bequeathja cup to the association, wich he won outright in fiyious shows for the and mutton competitiorijThis cup will be presented the competitor with the jnost points in the show in thhalfbred section, said Mr pudholme. Changes in the wool clises have been made to Ire clearly define fleece counffin the Corriedale, halfbred ld Merino classes. Mr Studholme said thL were very few changes in 4 cattle section, but this yel all dairy breeds will have I conform to the following mini mum production standards:-! Age Standard of cows 305-day (years) Test

lb. fat 2250.51 b fat 3 287 4 323.5 Mature 360 This year the Aberdeen Angus Cattle Breeders’ Association has presented a ribbon award for the supreme champion animal of the breed.

Whereas cattle were previously judged outside the main show ring, this year all cattle judging will take place in the main ring where there is now sufficiept space.

Because there has been insufficient support at recent shows, the Large Black section in the pig show has been deleted. Mr Studholme said this breed had been catalogued at the Canterbury show since 1906. Another alteration in the pig section affects the porker and bacon competition. For the coming show, both pigs will be slaughtered, whereas the practice in the past has been to slaughter only one of the two pigs.

Again thia year the judges for some sections will come from overseas. One of the overseas judges will be Mr H. Llewellyn Richards. of Brecon, Wales. He is a wellknown judge of ponies throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland and the United States. He also has a reputation as a breeder of Welsh ponies, Mr Studholme said.

The judge o< the Menno classes will again be an Australian—this time. Mr G. T. Walker of Yass, New South Wales, who is proprietor of the well-known Ledgworth Merino stud. Another Australian, also from New South Wales, who has been invited to judge, is Mr F. R. Hood, of Kywanna, Albury, who will judge the Beef Shorthorns. Mr Hood will be judging at the Royal Show in Palmerston North. Horse and dog trial entries for this year’s Canterbury show close on September 24, and for all other sections on October 1, Mr Studholme said .