FEEDING A & P. SHOW

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 112, 5 February 1919, Page 8

FEEDING A & P. SHOW

:' 'A-■CREDITABLE EXHIBITION. (By Telejraph—Special Correspondent.) Feilding, February i. Fielding's fifteenth annual show wns commenced on the racofourse to-dny, the weather being delightfully fine and ■enjoyable, though somewhat warm. The attendance was not .large, the, absenco of many farmers who in other yen.us have never failed to put in nn npp'enfance on the first day being due, in some instances, to making hay "while the eun shone," whilst in other enscs pnrents were giving a welcome home to their boys, who were returning from the war zone.

i. .--".The show itself, in the matter of en- {.-■ tries, was in 'advance of last year, but J it cannot be-said that the stock penned if were lis good, on tho whole, as at some f of Oroua's preceding exhibitions. There j;: were many very fine entries, no doubt, i quite up .to the' high standard of the \. best of other years, lut the. abnormal j" season is iinqueationnbly reflected in'the ! Rtock division of the show. There is a ! "scrnsfgincss" flbout some of the exhibits [ ■ which clearly demonstrates tho 'fact that, p .not only has the season n good deal to t do witli the inferior qualitv of ponio of s.tlie stuff penned, but it looks as if some S of the exhibitors had no time to pre- \ naro for the show, owing to scarcity of j : kbour, and were quitp satisfipd'uiider j the circumstancps, Id allow' their exiiib- [••■■■ its to_tnke;'"pot luck." Neverthp'nss, tho i.. exhibition'is a'good one, and well worth seeing. '..". It is interesting tn review the-several j. yp.nrs from 1914, and from 'fiwes ':omi piled it will be seen that the total enI this vear ' outnumber last year's }' total bv ( l(!n.. and .is . the, biepest' show j, since 1915/. There is a decreased Pntry of j pigs, but in all other sections there is a j gratifying increase.

I ■ THE AWARDS. ' f-- Jliss G.'Mflher scored first nnd second ;- : 'with-Borneo nnd Batchelar respectively i in the class open lo troop horses, J. D. [' Bnlmer being third. I .The pony awards. were:— \ Mare, 14 hands .or under; with foal at f foot: D. Of. Prince, 1. Best foal in above [-.class: D. G. Prince, 1. . Mare or geld- \ ing, over U hands: Miss Doris Awdry, 1. Mare or gelding, over 13.hands: J. Scott, ' 1; Leighton.Biill, 2. llnro or gelding, i-.12 hands oriunder: B. Campbell, 1; AV, f Heed, 2 and.3.- Mare or gelding, ovor j 12: hands: A. Montgomerie, 1; D. Gi f. Prince, 2; 8.. Campbell, 3. [. Boy rider,-.under 14 years: Koro Drunir mon, 1; Koy Scott. 2; Xorman Northcott, I 8. Girl rider;. Itita Jfontgomerie, 1, j Xlaiden pony jump: Koro Driimmond's I Mac, 1; N. Taiur's Ornnn, 2; W. Dai's i Kowhai, 3.; Maiden .hunters: E. Short's I Meteor, 1; E. Bvadnock's Signoretln, 2; ]E. Martin's ;Bita, 3. Leaping competiL tion (steeplechase, style):. J. ll'Donnel's ;' Papatere, 1; J. Nortlic'btt's Ringi, 2; j. W. H. Jacob's Silver Cloud, 3. : ' I Shorthorn bull, calved since .Tilly 1, i-1916: W. T. Jacob,!. Cow, with calf iat foot: ■■W.-r. Jacob, 1; W. ;H.' Gibson (Kiwitea), 1 2; Dalziell 'f Bros., 3." Bull, .ealved since July i: 1917: Dalziell Bros. -(Hunterville), 1; i,'. Heifer',, calved since July 1, 1315: Dal- [ ziell Bros., any. age: Dalziell j l ßros., I.' Heifer, cnlred' since July 1, ■ : 1917: Dalziell Bros.,' 1; AY*. I'. Jacobs; !' 2 and 3/;' Heiier, calved siiuo July 1, !' 1016:' Dalziell Bros.; 1) \V. 11. Gibson, ■ 2 and-3.;; . ._-.. j -Hereford'bull, calved since July 1, ;'. 1917: E. Short, 1 and 2. The Mine breeder j. being the only exhibitor in the Hereford i cow aud heifer classes was awarded first h;and second in (be four schedule cln'ssos. 'rjfilking Shorthorn "bull;- cnlred 'since fyJuly 1, 1916: D. K. -Biichiuiun, 1' and, I 'champion"; AV*. 11. Brcwster, .2; J. Hodge' ['. (Eapamii), 3. Milking-Shorthorn bull, • 'calved since July 1, 1917: 11. V. Brown, ' 1; -E. Va'utier,. 2; .AV.- 11. Brew'ster, 3. I' Milking Shorthorn "bull, -any age: -Mrs. • J. Wall 1; J.Milligan,'2;E. Vautier, 3. 'Ayrshire bull, calved since July 1. 191*6:' !; J. M'Farlaiid and Soils (Aorangi), 1. Ayri shire bull, calved since July, 1, 1917: A. (/Jlontgomerie, 1; J. M'Farland and Sous, ; 2. In the Ayrshire cow classes C.'Knrs->.-.tins' won the '.class for cow visibly in I milk, nnd A. Montgonicrie the class for i heifer calved since .July 1, 1917. • '.Jerseys: -The first-iime-winners, in the • bull cln3se3\svere"l*r (bull calvr'cd since July, 1910). E.' B. TSngle (bull ' : calved since-July, 1917), arid Edgar Ilnrdf- ing ' (bull, 'any ' age). ■'■" In the female -.clasees of .thoi Jersey section, S. B.'Lanj caster was awarded first, second, and :, champion for cow-visibly in calf or in Umilkj E. L. Horn firstfor'heifer iii milk,' rcalved since July. 1, 1915, A Lancaster i'ibeing second and G. Milligaii third. ■ The ! first, second, andi.third, awards in the. i class for heifer in milk went respectively 1 to E. B. Eagle, 11.' K. M'Ewen, and B. l-'L. Horn.'■.,„ ••-.'■, .-•._, ' ! 'The Holstem Frieslan prizes werp won chiefly -byi'-W, IVLovelock. -.J, Donaldeon also got. on the winning list. _ ' ' .Championship and special pnzp for oest i Shorthorn-dairy cow: Jfrs. J. Walls, 1; !'»:■'V. 8r0wn,.2. . ■ ' 'The championship ribiwn Jor dniry cow f ; (any grade)'in milk went to S.-B, Lanr.caster. ;.,. ■ . :, : Tn the fat sheep, fat lambs, farmers' '/classes and'purebred sections there was, I'as usual atFeilding, very keen compel i- • tion among the various bfeeders, but the > floc-.Vs of old prize-winners more than fheld their own;'in fact, some of the i breeders won their own sneclal trophies. [Mr. E. Short's prize for the champion impair of tegs was won by J. M'Kenzie, [ W. Beid and Sons being second..

f 6; E. Allen's challenge cup for most i ; points in slud Komneys was W'(t,by the j-Masterlon biwler-himself,' and'he also [annexed 'Mr. J. Corpe's trophy, awarded t with the same object. The challenge ! shield presented by Mr. J. .Campion, of J Fordell. for most points in the various !»heep classes,, was won by W. Gibson with :2o points, G. E. Allen being second with [24. Mr. J. Knight's challenge trophy for r'niost points scored in all eliKses of sheep J and lambs wns won by (he Feilding -breeder himself with 90 points-, Iteid and Sons beintr <w?oml wil-h 71 points. M'Dougnll's special award for 'most point* in [farmers' classes went to-Jlovris and Har►per, who secured 18 iwinls, W. E. Woiglitj man, of Awahuri, being second with 17 ' points. i The championships awarded were: [Fhorthorn bull, W. V. Jacobs; milking I Shorthorn bull, D, K. Buchanan; cow, j-lilra. Wall; Jersey coir, ,S. I?. Lancaster; .grade dairy cow, S. R. Lancaster; ftonmey j.rani and owe. 0. E. Allen; Lincoln rnm, I Howard Booth; ewe, T. R. Taylor,