A SHOW QUESTION.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 947, 14 October 1910, Page 8

A SHOW QUESTION.

iorrHobs|t^ J&; On the :■ subjectt of.; judgihg;',. horsesVit Kjehows,'"-.'.thV:^:JoUowing-''.'appeared^in.; ; ."fH©s fi^'^Liye; Stock'. Journal":— ::^;;:;:.;;,.;;.iU.;::. y;:.: ; ; "There; is ''a ;; goofl ideal >ii: i ; ; the:way' judges' taekle':;the:classes', brought' r.'-before-them;,."-The'best men. place theif:' viorsM yvery;■'quieklyi and", rarely-Jniove: :i:them,-: whereas';-;others,.take : a;, long time ';! over.a' class:-and , frequently.'move;; one ?: if-the lower, ones lip at the last moment.: fc.This.does,not matter so-long.is.the best, '/.i kriinials win in, the; end,, but, other jwlges ;;:- Bre':'.apt' to -waste 'time, over-" the';'classes, .: . ; flhd'.theh ; have to hurry-towards'the 'end,' ""■'..which is not -fair, to"exhibitors.: in-'.the .: 'latter - classes., '•. ■'.'.;•;-. .;:.'•■.,'•.' r ; : '..'"At- shows ..Shire horses ; very .;. important,' section, and classes of foals ~ ir-often- large' ones—are leit till; the end,:V:and there.,, is.--,no class >f .horses,! which: ,;:. .wants. :such /.careful ; ; judging ■ as.. : foais,; ::.therefore,' it is'by. lib'means wise to/daily ;-':.with'classes of;olde];;animals is the morn-, i; ..mg;by having every;aiiimal,'.'to the bottom :, : . of a:pig class, shown out in all -itsspaces' ■vin" the'.morning,, aid, at : three; or' four" : o'clock;:iii -the; afternoonVhand' ojit..'the; :' priies. to twofbr tliree foals .in ' a ' ;.closs without* taking: adequate ..notice: bf ; :■: the others. .{■ i'.'■<■..<■•:. f - >;'••'-'•"■'>:',••'- ;;. ; ; ;: .■ : ! ''It''is-fer.:easier,'.to'pick out. the'.best' .-. -yearlings,; two or,- three, year' olds, 'before «■ they have walked■ once round the ring ;; than it "is'';the best, foals in, the. same' I >:'■' manner; therefore, :time' should'.be allow- ;'• \ed for ■iaking^pains,:with the foal classes, i.'.'; Moreover, .the judging .of; foals is;a":diffi-■--;'cult.tasky and;it':issuire easy, foi' experts. iii.. to, .overlook -prbraising ' youngsters, '-wheii :-• -crowded in between: their 'damsin'; classes' -.'•■,■ of twenty;",or'so,:in;number..::;:., : "'':?'::;:; :;:•];''After, judging:;for four or. five,hours, : ; a judge'nateiliy gets somewhat : weary; •• .hence.'; tne: .necessity. of -taking l as mssy. '.: ' olasses as .'possible ..before lunch,. and..es-_ ■ 'pecially the:.important ones. ~'.,'.,.,...- ~,.,. ."(,:"It : is nblibeable;that those judges who :.; take the most time 'over a claes. are.(those ':." who are. new. to the work;.therefore;'it would appear.desirable.to appoint a.-qualK j'..' fied -judge : ,with . a beginner, so that the ;-■ best method' of dealing with, a class_may. f be-learned, :: and it is also necessary for '"the stewards to be up to.'their work, so ':"', that the olasses succeed .each other, .'into ■:,.the.ring as fast as required."

'The catalogue'for the Hawke's Bay A. ) ' aitd P.":- Society's spring show ,is filling ;■:', well. The turning competition,, which •■■•■. has proved popular since it was intro- .''. \duced two years ago; ought to be better ; than' ever-.tbisyeaT, as. there; will be ':■.. both, lady and., gentlemen competitors. "'.Twenty competitors have entered for this event, and At is proposed to run it 1,-off in beats of - three. The Shorthorn ■:■• 'section will again be. one of. the leading f x features of the show, entries .being as 1 '■■'•'large as usual. In spite of the; loss of '.'•'.' the Mount-. Herbert; herd there. is a •':."•• noticeable increase in the entries;, in the •"dairy cattle section. Local sheep entries :-' -liave fallen off slightly in. number but,, to ■;•, counterbalance: this, more outsidp exhibi- ■ come forward. . .; :;