SOMETHING ABOUT HORSES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 657, 6 November 1909, Page 8

SOMETHING ABOUT HORSES.

: Reporter.);' "; '•'!;'; ■ - }&''££:£••■ s'-hNe^etyiha^ •;]briUia : rit'.f'CT^ .J'.tkriltancey^y^^ ■f;,eej&ed\nli-4pfTOOTs trip-te •:-..tlie- out along'.the r^ }f\i}it\ ! oi^ito^cdfiPalrogrsteri" '.;'.§o"rtnt ri thast,tte'enyatt ;" . i';{|erday^J;ahd.;;.tp-dayT''..w yl/crntinyjifrom:; breeders;.: .among'-' 'whom ;,:,;.the .fiilaWke's.!-Bay»ni.d'.'Auckland'faces were.quite <v"roiuerptisi';^ :'V'weir; J '.their'.- summer,'frocks^ ;;v.dayej;.|nq : Cshow.''-iust.'that.little', light' ; touch;'of 'Jii.^stmctipnllwliicriy'^ike-the,bright;.tints,.in. the % fpregtoUnd,v'pX?pny^ {>'.but'.so'i-ch'ara^ V.yib'-.'fealv'baokgrpnnd■ j."of-*»a-: show-.where•-,• ex.T';.perieiice;ijgain"c.d'4by;:ycaisi;ptu ''.ynthjNatureYxisi^ ir- as ''-dearly/ bbu'gnV.'iari'd' ;ffier ; Hs'ult'ris"'.'conipetC' .:;.'Kprii^nii»titi6n;whero/'(a^".iffiwrestleW,.^cdnJ> i; petitip : ns);;pnly ;'a.:'fewi stand, -and many fall." ;;"4id)'sb,Mplace:i'aui...:dames.:'., Manawatn .makes. ; i.cl'aim-',t6!'.%et : : ; the.fashions"i.as against,:.say;' :/,;"H^tir^s; : .'-but as.'i.'evidenced..this.^week,-'itvcan' f, pufcmp':a','Kopd.',shbw ; ,;(m' occasiq'n—weather 'per'-"'' ':;mitting. tl '; •TJiereAwas'-a" good;'••attendance- at '? Thursdayjs :efficiaKv.l'sit '%i : hisiExceUency'.Lbrd -:',\Plunket>':=and ■'< h'B , 'j*a's''?effidnUyjTeceived'by'' l tnß v: presidehfif-jHyiSSiVKfiLanc'S rtaccompanied;'BisVExcellency','i";tCh'p;:Minister for s|AgTicutture^Hp^r^;j:M*Kenzie;::Wa^ '•; the '£fiituliej:;p?»Va^ ;;,■: orV'Jnßfred'? iii*; nve* .minifies V> bargaining; ,v: /When K'os'>M WeS? iprj' *'•..;. as-' : ■' «!/*§i >n > v* ii\ ' ■rhMjf^fii .solid:tcbnfiaehcg"';?.inV;thß- *fi(ture':'of : the ;k^h.Wpvin'du.st^-iOf';this\' •Eom-'' .;.vJ^^l^ n^ke di'harids-';thisfiniorning ,'-the'.workvthat'is: doac'-around:tHese ::;e*et;:'cbiiaste',l'of;,'a;!cflmpOT o*:f ydribus: 'breeders ;; f ,are,raatihg,:>in.':th'oirvperspectivevsp,hefe's;'Wool; the'l texts '■ w' ; %^«^ n njents;;, and.4he -prizewinners ■ (and ! Vn! l^..t '; ; ftfStef) •' .nr6>.trottedvr put j :agamvf6r.v.Hju'dgin'K.--by, Kii^^°%^9#K n -STs^re<^h?fe^;p,ei'liaßs^hVi I they.? are ;%b-jnbst : m P?^Vv : f'-'Hu'iit,; Sykes, t >t>artiball rv and i'pr'pmihent, names ■i scrutineers ;i , and'Lincolns, : :;j^.\ c .^,?'j.D o 7Ps;",atiiv;fa^ : ¥^^^^^^Wrness;.;:.;was;;^splaye'd ';^ o Wd;yhe| ; cattleYpens,:vttH'Me^grear v^^'-- p i 9 ?^#^ t^fn^irf ."P ar «eular ; w&s i l - ;^^i'««eld*Duke7':i aiid-:'it Smm '^W>i:one^hard "Bay's ;these';S championship. . Similar dispr?¥d Southdown ' ; Ife^ ll ?*?* " fr °n-' ; that of ;?M^S^^' ;I ? ; i sU< *:; : a complex animal '«■«»:• ways40 ?^^^dite/l he 0 ab'senco' cf «^^tp:,,shorthprns : ;was':dn ß ;tp ; the vexaWous ;V:J t^ ln ;.^!^ngemeats;',CMr.:;.Barr I ball's' ihrZ : ■•- ''-S!'i« ) A * ■^ a^'.Reh.t:-qn;,tKß:'trjp."--aßd'.iiatil" i^^^^:^ope ; ;of^ a vy;pntside-:cbmp e ti. ttl^^-!^S^e(Uolls ' b y--'.Mr::;,Myers*s Auckland '-&# t -Hr^^9 t V V^tS^'^ l^:^ cir ' ;;tl,e *«it. ; Waikatff' ; :; S^^°.y with the w ,.,damage:^hwh.'the^oyagp;did b ; his-stpck that ? vhe:'deterMhed;:never,Vto;(exhibit;;SPutli .again) ;: : Apparently]; thp?Jopenihg,; o£ Vthe'i Main.: Trunk ',^lli n ?^A^; not ::r« m OT6dv;all' , ■ : i : t Shprtwiil ;at: month; ■.''■■ An ; S. effort wiU. be :rnade?to'gather together - a; party 4 ,pf.eiithnsiast3 ! tp'take;!np:exhibits pf sheep, but .';; ; ' ,l^J, h !"?, t . i . m,lc h'hope ■, Mr.: Lancaster : S;.Vs , ?Wy6';'lris\'!liahdsado'i;fnlL , ;-wiai:.the'dnty ; of •;;;judging:.tp:beMme';m:ekhibit6r.- r v;'.:...', ', v ■; '■■gWii'jpMtt. stailiori .;;'Koyar:Treasure was'exercised:,en'a, quiet cor-' :r/f«r; of;^he.showground,;this.;mprnihg' : ,to satisfy' >i.,.thb;curi^ ; •%^:him; , '.;He;n6fdpubt''appreciaUsvall' the v"? x ?fP'fjji^o'. recent :• lpng .yoy-'. B-9;^as:'. admired,- '. his.-prpsbect ; ..V pf:tin_akihgj'ttVgreat name'jMen';he'"has regained c;^^^ l l o^'v^; as,; ! i'bted'tp.'be exceedingly,'strong;'; high.Cand. is, 'there-' :^^™rtP* •: ':i;ian.d^;;;An--.intOTe^^ :;»rthis'aniina^'isltnevfact: ; that^he;was ; jfwas.-appliedvfor-ag'ain;for : 'f'^ farmers^oCflurhanii- '..; v;'' ■■ ;.; v ■;, ;t33pund^;.V^siaftiqn»;':;S fi ofhpiaJly^ex'aminedithV ;,;, draught' sWipjis'as,;tpisotrndness'at'.this,year's' ':.i;Mar^:atuVshbW, ? andibnJy\'twb',6r^ : ; , ; the l.test.'' Eoyal -Treasure .was' 6ne of the f or--;;jtoa^e;;pnes.?THs\.is;^ireje^tibn'1 of :r M Jv cent'.::Slh; : ..the'- th6fb.ughbr6d.''':,stilliphs,:where , ;. ther,e.:vwas:■similarcinspectipni'Vone vhorsa ■ was■ >'re]a^.:.Tto;iM^ ;,;;'; the ; .shb;y's,; ; ;a'n<i^^Vaihpn^^^thPse;farmers'„who,pei;B.' :- iipt^.the; v o^ers ;v 'bf*the^"u'rS^ :;?-hai^-i^itK;satisfac'ttbn'.V>'':v;w/rf:fc ;:.'.:: ; j One of ;the«b'est;hprse';judges;in New:"Zealand : ~; the Alas-: \&, terfpn^talli.pn) f Cbn(iupf br> '• pf ;-Mr.' ;• % ';■ ll'Culj'the/best,' thoroughbreds : in the, worlds-fit; tot cbinpete' in: t he' ;best^shows''; of ;'.;- ; arry,v(^untry;:i.His' , Stead's i,\:Medallipri;.:'sire'a;" : also,'>tnP:';well-laiewn' .hprtes 'iii. Gbld;;Medallist^hd:i : Achillcs;i;/iKy'-:';';V;;' ' i; ; ?;':! ■■JOt ; trtttingys'tallibhiiVthere s ;were two, entered, B"oth' : .by, Cap&i^'M/tenelU l ;;:Silver ; , Spec, won. ;/. : Jb'i,'the.; rvalue • of - i -JBisiolass::.bfs^enJireJW^'^?wio*odndelnJ^ ; ,'.it , '.V-.p'tit i 6rward'i-^on6 T yof.''HKeiß>je'as I bns-the:fact ;Sffiat'/;:the v :^rfl*r'ijcpS?;^Who^mttnuW y';■ breed;rliaye;.':Wriqjiterisiysly:- inrbreeding, and .'ithus ■:dosing E-cbiistHutibn.-.vi^^ I rv:howeverA'has%6^W : "'W;;fix /f 'mbre: : firmly:the' i ;A;tfomri'g,:quaUtiw,Vbf i'ihe' bree^,:\arid::a i;.:.'ißndeb^-feS'd^^e^B>;',that:iby?i^ h.. ; ::rhbr'oi^hßr«d:;.mafe',.'ehev'gcts'•■' in ".the'progeny j *. the'Jtrottihg/qiialities :■: bKtheJsife arid .the- coni y.statnUon; ■.of;, thc-'Atlibronghbr'ad-faVcbmbination jjC;wmcn'i;makes -a ;:ni'6re"useful-iprse thari•'■ tha ) ; ; '' : ? ,u i?' -:tlio"-.bV' j;;.'jeciapriv.tpyhe .';bfeed*C(itn«s''from:'the'' 'fcelihg Kbfsei.'.'.H&:hae: 3i::^p;{imanufactured-'..by;'the'jAmerican'S' , out>of IRvaHpfls;(niawrialßrraj'bn; ; of."'pnM 4 Jt6^ym^;«b4n;gppd:;ttttting:m!ti^ 'iv''tb;ib3 ; '«xh.ib!tedby-:one; : of. that/breed, and also rj ?'animals'K)f-^mingled'.;bree<linp that; showed 'in ' '•tl'-a'i^Eecialldegree.:'the'-qualities bought; 7 ' That- . ■: : :lipwe'ifer,. ! was.,inf.the early'..stages' only. -The ■'•'; trptHrig-horss'lsinow an established arid duly. '.F.-r^e?i«t<red.?breed,iiwith.'ia' ;,stud-b00k,,-nnd pre- ; i r^ ; t*rioy;i.irbibh',ys''.ibnVVof,Vtho ; attributes "of :;f'Burlty;i2in;i'.stpck ( ,-;.;:t^s;;:been ; ';''deepry.';i -, coin' > ■ f FAni«ricaii -trotting 'men ;. j - Jiiiia;;throwing; ; :out ffi, -theVfront'feetjCis'/ari -eti-'- :•; iipWgehyii;; "originally '■' fm'ahbfaetured.:the "paciilg,:.b,((bi't,;by;'th*'-nse.pf ■'. .]jsebWiriK''/the;'.limbs ■by'iCßrds;.'in,"a,way.':thht'iri- : -; i'; duce^;' the," I KoBoVf e^t ■•, to' ;*do'pt>tKd /desired ■■'a j& ; i:tibiu;w] : l? .-J J-XQQf;-? Bfer Aigji t '3 cjiaii; J pjeieer«;'."bd( ■ [einoi i^iriflqancei : ' ennifl.here;'' the '■ '■"jlto'j'Ki-' eisieV'}triJ:th6; ; Jegs;pf,'ithe'Ubrse;ias .it' i'-lijflve's.' le^'JamngV^e'iiwer.-on^the'ride'r ':']. : sa'me; r reaspn'i arid,;ea?ie'r pri...tho:driver'.because' :..; 'thoVirbcHingy.'rir; w jjstrhyth,iriical ■Si\\DsWA;:t£ a -serfe" of|eli^i)''g6rks.;forwai'd>'BUch^

as-theVidealistr'aight':trotter .imparts.- Tho pacer,'however,,is only in his element on good .level-country. -.There; are .some. good, author!: itios'iin'-New-' Zealand,; whb, ; express grpata'p? provalvof the-trotting' horse, and there are equally-I'irespectcd authorities, (including Mr. E.-D., OTtorke) who regard .its;introduction with 'great misgivings. : - Perhaps one",had better leave 'the'.horse and.- l hisVerities td:fight their own;battle;,-:: -^',;;.'«'';.;! ''.•■' ■:'.'; The.'.'day's proceedings,' so far as the official prbgramine .was concerned, ■ in addition to the ordinary"displays; of exhibits, machinery,, etc., •were confined to competitions in the horse ring, :arid"'a':.parade.of the etock. These were most successful and interesting events, and on the .whole'-it.has been.one- of the greatest Mariawatu .Shows'on. record. , ,-.)'•'-.■;: .-■,'..,.■-., -.'. A.iough •;.■ estimator .of- the' receipts indicates that the gate takings will exceed those of last year; by." about .JE4S. ," -'.:.- ... ~