SOUTHLAND SHOW

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 141, 11 December 1935, Page 18

SOUTHLAND SHOW

REPUTATION MAINTAINED

CHAMPIONSHIP AWARDS

, (By Telegraph.—Press Association.)

INVERCARGILL, December 10.

The Southland A. and P. Association's 69th summer show opened today in hot weather*. The entries were less numerous -than in 1933, the last year the Royal Show was held here, but in no section was the decline so serious as to lower the high reputation of the Southland Show. Keen interest is being taken in the meeting tomorrow of three imported Clydesdale stallions, each with championship honours to his credit, who will meet for the first time. Championship awards were mader today as follows:— • Sheep. Border Leicester.—Ram, W. Kennedy. (Otautau); reserve, W. Kennedy. Ewe, R. J. Anderson (Kauana); reserve, R. J. Anderson. ■ English Leicester. —Ram, H. J. Anderson (Maheno); reserve, Peter Campbell (Wyndham). Ewe, H. J. Andrew; reserve, McLeish Brothers (Otahuti). Lincoln. —Ram. J. S. Marshall (Oporo); reserve, J. S. Marshall. Ewe, J. S. Marshall; reserve, J. S. Marshall. Romney Marsh.—Ram, Joseph Mosley and Sons (Clydevale); reserve, Joseph Mosley and Sons. Ewe, Joseph Mosley and Sons; reserve, Joseph Mosley and Sons. Ryeland.—Ram, S. and R. Evans (Longbush); ewe, S. and R. Evans. Shropshire.—Ram, William Kennedy (Otautau); reserve, J. S. Marshall (Oporo). Ewe, William Kennedy; reserve, S. and R. Evans (Longbush). Southdown.—Ram, H. Andrew (Maheno); reserve, H. J. Andrew. Ewe, H. J. Andrew; reserve, H. J. Andrew. V Cattle. Aberdeen Angus.—Bull, W. E. Hunt (Wallacetown); reserve, W. E. Hunt (Wallacetown). Shorthorn.—Bull, James Morrison and Sons (Timaru); reserve, J. C. Chamberlain (Canterbury). Cow, James Morrison and Sons (Timaru); reserve, Morrison and Sons. . | Red Poll.—Bull,.F. B. Taylor (West Plains); reserve, iR. B. Taylor. Cow, G. S. Young (West Plains); reserve, R. B. Taylor.

Milking Shorthorn.—Bull, D.' Murphy and Sons (Kennington); reserve, D. Murphy and Sons. Cow, John Batman (Invercargill); reserve, D. Murphy and Sons.

Crossbred: Dairy Cattle.—Cow, Mrs. A. Bell (Makarewa); reserve, Peter Walker (Palmerston).

Friesian —Bull, C. Harold Potter (Pukerau); reserve, W. Y. Dickie and Sons (Ferndale). Cow, R. <H.: Dickie (Tuturau); reserve, James Brown (Waianiwa). -

Ayrshire.—Bull, Thomas Muirhead (Waimatuku); reserve, T. S. Muirhead. Cow, A. M. Weir (Menzies Ferry); reserve, R. S. Weir (Seaward Downs).. .

_ Jerseys.—Bull, R: Clark (Menzies Ferry); reserve, D. M. A. Cameron (Edendale). Cow, A. McFaddyen (Kamahi); reserve, W. Archer (Waikiwi). . ' •