SOUTHLAND SHOW.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 10480, 9 December 1896, Page 3

SOUTHLAND SHOW.

IKVEBOABOILL, Tuesday.

The Southland Metropolitan agrlonltarsi and pastoral chow commenced today. Thß entiles were not bo numeronß ci last year, but the show does Dot suffer •o much In tibia respect as the prlnoipal ■hows in this island this season. Mr M'Roskie's Imported Border Leicester xami Were a feature o! the sheep section. In the fat cattle olaaa some of the awards In Dnnedin were reversed. The principal awards to«day were : — Shorthorns : Champion bull, Mr Beaven's Young ' Blithe ; Ayrshire : Champion bull Mr W. Bankln, cow Mr James Gait ; Polled l 'Anew : Champion bull, Mr Officer's Kfilonareh, cow Hon, M. Holmes' May. The fat "took prizes were all won by Mr S, B, . Menett with the exoeptlou of a pen of sleera won by the Hon. Mr Holmes'. Lincoln champion" ram and ewe, fcjr J, B. Sutton, Who wit* hla brother George toek all the prises. In Border Leieesters Kr John M'Ros'kte and M'Kerrlhflr Bros, tonk all the prlzss, the formet's Imported ram H'tiregor being champion, and the tetter's ewe took the same honor, Romney Maißb champion ram and ewe, Mr J. B. Logan. The Hon. Mr Holmes took lour fittts out of six olasßes. The Shropshire Down awards went to J. Reid and Sons, ■the «nly exhibitors. In Cheviots the ohsmplofl ram and ewe fell to Messrs Heldon and A. Waidry who took four of <he six fi'^ awards. la fat sheep J. Held and Sons took first lor five wethers, Mr A. B. Hate first for 10 up to 701 b, and J. B. Reid and Sons for ,10 oroasbred two tooths for the frozen meat trade.