CLUTHA SHOW

Evening Star, Issue 21891, 30 November 1934, Page 2

CLUTHA SHOW

The following are the special prizewinners at the Clutha Show, held last week:— Most points in Leicester sheep, £2 2s, H. C, Holgate, Barnego. Most points Romney sheep, £2 2s, Jos. Mosley and Sons, Clydevale. Most points fat sheep, £1 Is, A. W. Panuett, Clinton. Most points fat lambs, £1 Is, Jas. Twaddle, Benhar. South Otago Freezing Company’s silver cup for five lambs, not to exceed 721 b live weight, Jas. Twaddle, Benhar. H. J. Smith’s Challenge Cup for most points in sheep, Jos. Mosley and Sons, Clydevale (winner holds cup for one year and receives gold medal). Most .points in butter, £1 Is, Mrs S. Moffat, Te Houkn. Most points in baking (open), £1 Is, Mrs W. Logie (Stirling). Most points in-baking (local), 10s 6d, Mrs W. Logie. Messrs Adam King and Sons’ trophy, value 3gs, most points butter and baking, Mrs A. Anderson, Stirling. Mr :W. S. Thomson’s 3gs cup to winner of dog trials, Mr John Anderson, Kauana. Southland.

Waitaki Dairy Company’s 15gs cup most points in dairy cattle, E. H. Smith, Barnego. Mr A. Renton’s sgs cup, most points dairy cattle. H. Smith, Barnego. Most points draught breeding classes,' sgs cup, R. 6. Lockhart, Clarksville. Society’s 15gs cup, most ‘ .points draught breeding classes, R. hart, Clarksville, - - Mr G. A. Begg’s silver cup, best type of Clydesdale, male or female, R, Loehie. Edendale (Scotland’s. Superb); Most points in thoroughbreds, hackneys, and light horses, 3gs, Mist K. AVood, Beaumont. AVrighfc Shield, value £25, open hunt, J. R. Brown. Dunedin (winner also receives gold medal value sgs). Mr W. S. Thomson’s cup, value lOgs. for most points in sheep, cattle, and horses, exhibitors to gain points in two sections, Jos, Mosley and Sons, Clydevale. „ SHEEP GUESSING.

The sheep-guessing competition conducted in conjunction with the show resulted in five (Messrs Jas. M‘Fetters, Tapanui; J. Watson, Gore; D. R. -Johnston, StOny Creek: E. M. Bishop, Balclutha; and .1. C. King, Stony Creek) guessing the correct weight, 82flb, and they divide the prize money (£3). Others who guessed close to the weight were R. Wilson, Stirling, 82jlb; S. P. Cameron. Dunedin. 82jlh; W. Tweed, 8231 b: R. D. Wiljocks, Balclutha, 831 b : and I. Mosley, Stirling, 821 b. On a check the gate takings were found to be £4 more than at first stated. The total was £166 17s 3d, compared with £162 16s 6d last ybar—an increase of £4 Os 9d.