DISPERSAL SALE.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 2 May 1925, Page 8

DISPERSAL SALE.

OUTSTANDING JERSEY HERD. BRIGHT KNIGHT’S GREAT RECGRD. Aril'llv Jersey sales are scheduled for t.h?n92o season, and jf the herds represented were all of the same calibre as that of Mr. T. S. Short’s comparatively little-known stud it would not he difficult to forecast the outcome. Mr. Short has been breeding pedigree Jerseys in the Hawera district for many years, and it is no exaggeration to state that t’o-day he has one of the finest herds in the country. One of the sires which he used extensively was a Mermaid’s Sultan —Magnet’s Heather bull called Bright Knight, some of whose daughters he sold to Mr. E. J. Finer, of the Waverley district. Impressed with their dairy lines and great capacity. Mr. Finer lost no time in trying them out under semiofficial test. Two of them in Tndnra and Lady- Knight-proved themselves to he among the foremost producers of fhe land, both being.in the list of 1924 medallists. Indara, won the bronze medal in the three-year-old division with a c.o.r. of 724.681 h fat, whilst Lady Knight won the four-vear-old silver medal with a return of 675.351 b fat. Bright Knight was thus the only bull in New Zealand to sire two of the 1924 list of medal winners. What b more, Vance, a third daughter, tested last year by Mr. Short himself, put -up 7821 h fat as a four-year-old, hut failed to qualify, hut for which fact she would have established a new four-year-old record for the breed. Zenda. another, of Bright Knight’s daughters, has a c.o.r. of 6141 b fat in eleven months as a three-year-old. while a

fifth daughter in Viletn gained her certificate-. as a five-year-old with a c.o.r. of 642.501 b fat.

Mr. Short retamed Bright Knight until he was unfit for further service, and in consequence he has now mam of his progeny. As he has decided to lease some of his property, Mr. Short .is cataloguing the whole of his herd for unreserved sale at a public auction on the 21st inst.. when it is anticipated that there will be a big demand for Bright Knight’s daughters. Indeed, ail of Mr. Short’s cattle should sell readily, because long before Bright Knight eventuated the foundations, of the herd had been well aiid truly laic, by another outstanding bull in pride of Beaconsfiehl. This animal was never beaten in the show ring, winning many successes and gaining championships in Taranaki, Manawatu and Hawke’s Bay. At the time it was conceded by most judges that 'Pride o: Beaconsfield was one of the finest headed bulls in New Zealand. . He certainly left deep-bodied, magniiieeiifclyformed cattle, many of them grades that milked np to 701 b milk a day with a good test. As for his breeding, he was sired h.v Pride of Egmont—one of the foundation bulls in Taranaki—out of Bright Eyes, who in turn was by Silver King out of the intensely-bred Monopoly cow Primrose 6th. Later Mr. Short used two bulls from Ttvyiish Meadow Queen, who is out of Queen of the Meadow (c.q.r. oilII) fat in 345 days), a distinguished daughter of Mr. 11. E. B. Watson’s great cow Victoria sth and Silver King. Botli of these hulls were sired by a son of Pride of Beaconsfield.

A good leaven of Campanile Sultan’s blood runs through■ the herd. Vance, for instance, the daughter of Bright, Knight, that recently put up 7P2lb fat as a four-year-okl is out of Clarissa, a direct daughter of Campanile Sul.lan. She is typical of Mr. Short's cattle, being a deep-boilled, Ing-lramed and clean-cut dairy cow, a feature common to Bright Knight’s progeny. A compliment was paid last month in Mr. Short’s prowess as a breeder, when Iris herd was selected for the annual demonstration by Mr. 11. E. B. Warson. official demonstrator to the Non Zealand Jersey Cattle Breeders’ Association. Among the animals demonstrated upon by Mr. Watson were two which he specially commended. These were a beautiful quality yearling daughter of Twylish Meadow Queen sired bv Mountain A’few’s Gold ' whilst the other was Grand View’s Glory, a rising two-vear-old hull bv Mountain View’s Gold out or Glory’s Pride, a fine stamp of breeding cow by Mamiuio's Campanile, with a c.o.r. of 536.301 b fat. This deep-bodied young bull should prove, one of the biggest attractions of the sale, for he is full of quality and masculinity, and has very pleasing development for his age. His sire." Mountain,' View’s Gold, is at present at the head of Mr. Short’s herd, and he is bv the imported hull Lord Twylish out of Sultan’s Clematis c.o.r. 6431 b fat as a lwo-vear-old. sivo head, set off with a hold eye, Mountain View’s Gold is a greatbodied bull, and handles beautifully. The supporting herd sires are Fox’s Hope and C'loverlea Masterpiece—both good individuals. The former is by Lord Twylish’s son Twylish Hope (nine c.o.r. daughters) out of Fox’s Maid,'a daughter of Majesty’s Fox. This bull has “several tested daughters bred by

Mr. Short, including Victoria Regia, c.o.r. 5431 b fat as a two-year-old. Cl over lea Masterpiece is by Dainty Enigma’s K.C. out of Snow View’s Maid (full sister to Snow View’s Queen, c.o.r. 6041 b fat under herd conditions). Ringbv’s Gungn Din, a rising two-vear-old bull hv Meadow vale General Daisy out of Holly Oak Reflection—a line-bred daughter of th? champion butter-fat- bull Grannie’s Knight—has also been used this season on some of the younger stock. Mr. Short |s dispersing the whole of Iris herd, the offerings numbering over a hundred