OTAGO METROPOLITAN SHOW

Evening Star, Issue 18139, 1 December 1922, Page 8

OTAGO METROPOLITAN SHOW

RAIN SPOILS SECOND DAY. PEOPLE SOAKED, BUT NOT SAD. ELAINE THE LEAPING CHAMPION. Tho ill-luck as to weather that has attended all the principal ©hows this season quite wrecked the ending of the Otago Metropolitan Show yesterday. All tho morning there was some promise of tlie clouds dispersing towards midday. But by lunch time tho mirk overhead developed into a pall; the wind, previously variable, settled' in the south-west; bunches of vapor drifted) up, each in turn dropping its wetness na from a squeezed sponge; and that sort of thing went on all the afternoon—showers of .every kind, groat and small, succeeding each other without a break. In such saddened and 1 soddenod weather it was marvellous that anyone went to Tahuna beyond' those who had to go on duty, and it stands as testimony to the attractiveness of the show, and the general faith in its management that there were enough people present to pack tho grand stand and make a fringe halfway round the big ring. The gate takings amounted to £358, making £583 for the two days, as against £605 last year. A noticeable feature of tho little crowd was its persevering cheerfulness. Men and women chaffed on© another about tho foolishness of coming out in the rain. They derived amusement from the despairing invitations of the side-ebow proprietoora. They watched! with keen interest the repetition of the sheepdog demonstration, and warmly applauded tho doings of the dog and the man. They enjoyed the tasteful and subdued 1 music furnished by the St. Ivilda Band, and boat time sympathetically to the playing of the Highland Pipe Band. They admired tho scheme of tho live stock parade as controlled by Mr Arthur Johnson, and, indeed, tills was really a pageant that would have been brilliant on a sunshiny day. The plan was to draw up the cattle in a lino facing tho grand stand, and march the horses first in front and then along tho rear, tho movement being almost like that of a dance. ■ Then there was tho leaping, and it was an entertainment in itself, fc'o the afternoon wore on. The committee did all it could to please the public, and the effort had its reward in hearty thanks if not in cash. Tho Hon. W. Downie Stewart visited the show in the afternoon, and was welcomed by the president, Mr D. Andrew. COMPETITIONS. Judges: Mr T. 11. Overton and Mr J. R. Macfarlane. Hunting Competition. Prizes: £3, £2, and two trophies presented 1 by the Otago Hunt Club. Open to ladies only, and restricted to horses that had qualified with any Hunt Club.—Miss D. Mowat 1, Mrs J. Miller's Ladv Bell 2, Miss D. Mowat 3. Mrs F, J. Conn also competed. New Zealand Leaping Championship, over log fence, sod wall, double brush and water jump. Men only; minimum weight, 11.0. First prize £7o, second £2O, third £s.—Miss D. Mowat’s Elaine 1, Miss I. Rutherford's Rock Ahoy 2, J. S. Cow’s Fabiaims 3. Also competed): Mm J. Miller, D. Robertson, R. T. Kirk, D. Robertson, B. Shaw (Timaru), L. C. Hazlett, G. W. Parmonter (Middlemarch), F. J. Conn. Stockmen's Competition.—D. O’Connell (Soaolifi), 1, N. Reid (Outram) 2, B. Alexander (Green Island) 3. High Jump Championship. First prize £2O, second £lO, third £s.—M'Cabe Bros., Palmerston (Puzzle) 1, A. Farquharson (North-east Valley) 2. Also competed: Miss D. Mowat, D. Robertson, and Goo. Aitchison. The competition bad not proceeded very far when it was found l that some of the riders wore not carrying the specified weight of 11.0. This produced: an interlude to decide what should bo done, and eventually the two taking first and second places were set at the jump again, other competitors being disqualified. Tho height was not taken. SPECIAL PRIZES. New Zealand Sheep Breeders' Association’s silver cup, valued at £4 4s, for the best Border Leicester ram over eighteen and under thirty months,—T, S, Little (Windsor). New Zealand Shorthorn Breeders' Association’s silver shield), valued at £3 ss, for the champion Shorthorn bull.—D, J. Rose (Hampden). Mr David Murray’s trophy, vahied at £lO 10®, for moat points in breeding Shorthorns.—Alex. Anderson i.Tiiornbury). New Zealand Romney Marsh Sheep Breeders’ Association’s championship shields, for tho best Romney ram and owe. —Murray. Bros. (GJydevale), New Zealand 1 Refrigerating Company’s challenge trophy, valued at 30gs, for most points in the fat lamb and sheep classes. —Young Bros, (Outram) and A. Gardiner (Island Cliff), 28 points (equal), 1. Sir 0. J. Cowan’s prize of £1 le for Ayrshire cow, three_ years old, in milk.— Executors late P, Walker (Oamarn). Otago District Committee of the New Zealand Friesian Breeders’ Association’s Waitaki challenge shield, valued at £ls 15s, for the bull whose dam has made the highest semi-official record. —A, H. Copland (Weston). Otago District Committee of the New Zealand Friesian Breeders’ Association’s silver challenge cup for the female whose dam has made the highest semi-official record.—H. North and Sons (Omimi). Prize of £3 3s for most points In Jersey cattle (registered).—Mr F. E. Hellyer and Sons (North-east Harbor). Prize of £3 5s for most points in Ayrshire cattle (registered).—A. M. Weir (Mcnzies Ferry). Milbum Lime and Cement Company’s prize of one trade of ground lime for most points in fat cattle.—Young Bros. (Outram). Clydesdale Horse Society’s silver medal for the best yearling or two-year-old colt or filly.—Thomsons, Ltd, (Dunedin). Mr A. Stewart’s special prize of £2 2s for the best spring van home up to 20cwt. —N.Z. Express Co. (Dunedin). Messrs Briscoe and Co.’s trophy, valued at £3 3s, for the best roadster or Lqek up to list,—F. J. Conn (Dunedin). Mr David Andrew’s prize of £5 5s for group of three mares or fillies.—Thomsons, Ltd'.

Mr Jas. Macand row’s prize c f £2 2s for tho largest prizetakor in the Friesian section.—Wm. Robertson (Middlemarch). N.Z. Ayrshire Cattle Breeders’ Association’s gold modal and framed certificate for the champion hull.—Arch. Gillies (Hampden). N.Z, Ayrshire Cattle Breeders’ Association’s gold medal and framed certificate for the champion female.—R. S. Weir (Seaward Downs). Forbury Park Trotting Club’s prize of £2 2s for tho best dog-cart horse 15.3 hands or over, to bo shown in harness and driven. —J. M‘Leod (Maungatua). Forbury Park Trotting Club’s prize of £2 & for the best buggy horse over 15 hands, to be shown in harness and driven. —Walker Bros. (Outram). Forbury Park Trotting Club’s prize of £2 2s for the best gig hors© not over 15 hands, to be shown in gig and driven.— Thos. Lochhead (Balclutlia). Grand' Hotel Cup, valued' at 25g«, for the winner of the hunting competition, open to Indy riders only.—Miss D. Mowat (KaikonS). Grand Hotel Cup, valued at 26gs, for Ike winner of the New Zealand leaping championship. —Mies D. Mowat. Otago Hunt Club’s treplace as first and second’ prizes in the bunting competitions. —First day: George Roberts (Ida Valley) 1, Miss D. Mowat 2. Second days Miss li. Mowat 1, Mrs J. Miller 2. Forbury Park Trotting Club’© trophy, valued gt £2 2s, for pony toot, ridden by bov not over fifteen years of ago.—S. W. Scott.

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