HAWKE’S BAY SHOW.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 253, 12 October 1911, Page 6

HAWKE’S BAY SHOW.

Preparations for the Hawke’s Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society’s spring show are progressing favourably, and only fine weather is needed to make the show the best yet held by the society. Record entries have been received, nearly every section showing an increase. The total number of entries received is 2213, beating the previous best, that of 1909, by nearly 100, the figures for that year having been 2111. The largest addition to the entries is in the horse section, which has a total of 579 against 422 last year, and the display of these animals is expected to be one of the finest ever seen on a show ground in the Dominion. The cattle and sheep sections also show considerable increases, while the entries of dogs and poultry are both belter than at any previous show. Additional pen accommodation will l>< provided for horses, cattle, sheep, dogs and poultry, and this work alone i- keeping a considerable staff busy The produce shed accomnicdnt ion space, too. large as :t is, w::l be taxed to the utmost with exhibits, trade displays, etc. A pleasing feature of the show is the number of new exh> *itors who have eoruc forward with entries.

Outside exhibitors are strongly represented in th? various stock sections. In the sheep classes Messrs. J. Wowthwaitc (Fo:rlell), Ellis Bros. (Bulls), S. Standen (Feilding), Feast Bros. (I eikling). W. Howard Booth (Carterton), W. B. Allen (Clareville). G. E. Allen (Waingawa), AV. Perry (Waingawa), ,W. Rayner (Waingawa), A. and J. Gray (Waingawa), W. H. Buick (Masterton), P. Cooper (Gladstone), J. E. Hewitte (Mangaimaire) and A. Kirkpatrick (Gisborne) are all represented. but Messrs. Feast Bros., Dowthwaite, Hewitt and Kirkpatrick are showing here for the first time. In cattle. Shorthorns, of course, take the lead in point of numbers, and here a new r exhibitor, Air. Aich. McLean, of Greenhills, has entered the arena, while Messrs. M . Howard Booth and AV. C. Buchanan, of Wairarapa ,and Messrs. AV. I. AA illiams and Douglas McLean, of Hawke s Bay, will fight their show ring battles over again With the exception of Mr. B. Chambers, all the Hereford exhibitors are from outside the district, but the herds of Messrs C. M. C time (Kai Iwi). C. A. J. Levett (Kiwitea). G. F. Moore (Bushy Park), and E. Shore (Parorangi) are the best in tiie island .and they will form the bulk of the exhibits.

In Polled Angus, a fresh name, that of Mr. F. Armstrong (Akitio) appeals in the entry list, and he will have to face strong opposition from the two Hawke's Bay breeders Messrs A. S. G. Carly on and J. A. Macfarlane, and Messrs Al. J. Birch and Son. now of Marton, but for mt-rly of Hawke's Bay. Messrs Slack Bros., of Feilding. will, as usual, show their fine h.i of Avrshires. and in the Jersey section the name of Mr. E. Eagle, jun., of Carterton. one of the best breeders in the North Island will appear in the catalogue for the fust time, while the number of local exhibitors in these classes is larger than at any previous show.