Prize Essay

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIV, Issue 276, 1 November 1924, Page 10

Prize Essay

THE SPRING SHOW. Dear Chief Kiwi, —My Daddy took ' me to the show on the two days, so I I had plenty of time to see the animals 1 and machinery. On the first day I saw I the cows led into a ring and then a ' man—Daddy said he was the Judge—. looked at each animal, and after he had looked at them all he told another man to give out the prize ribbons, red for first, blue for second, and I forget what was the third colour.. I saw a lot of motor cars, and pigs and horses and sheep. In a shed I saw some lovely scones and cakes, flowers, fowls, and school wbrk. On the second day a lot more people came to see the Snow. Close by the gate were a lot of side-shows. Men were shouting “See Molly and the Ghurka.” The Hobby horses were there and the lion. The lion-tamer had a red coat on and a big whip. They made a great noise. A big man with white hair was saying funny things, and selling pens and collar studs. I saw the horses jumping over the fences, and such a lot or dear little ponies. I had a good time and so did my brother Ted, who is two years younger than I. We had some rides on the Hobby horses before we had to go home. Ted and I were very tired when we got home from the Show. (Prize 2/6, to Doris Beaumont (eight years), Havelock North). * * * * THE HAWKE’S BAY SHOW. The Hawke’s Bay show was a great affair; people flocked from all parts of the district, most of them merely for pleasure. I think the parade and the jumping took first places on the interesting programme. The boys’ jumping was simply marvellous with the exception of one or two. The’ boy who came first really deserved it; he was bare-back and on quite a little pony. He started at a furious rate (the horse’s hoofs hardly seemed to touch the ground) find went on till he came to the end not pausing once when he came to the hurdles, jumping quite a foot clear of them each time. In the parade a bull started to play up and it ran away down the course dragging the man who was holding it by the tope, a few yards until the rope gave way and he was left lying in the grass. Of course this started all tho other bulls off and they all Started running about. A little further up the parade were some carthorses and three of them had foals running beside them. One foal was only as big as a lamb, and people were hugging it all the time. Another was very frisky indeed it was rearing up on it’s hind legs, then kicking them up, and so on. When we went to see it in the pens it was lying down wearily beside it’s mother. There were two merry-go-rounds and a great many side-shows, but we did not go into them because they were so stuffy. I have been told that this year’s Show was the best attended on record. —Honour Boxer (10 years). ♦ ♦ ♦ * THE SHOW. Who went to the Show? Well I did but I did not enjoy myself very much because. I was by myself the whole time. I had. lost my mother and father. But I saw a dear little monkey shaking a bell. It amused mo very much, then I went and saw my writing. After that I went and bought an icecream. My word it was cold. Although I looked everywhere I could’nt find ipy mother or father, so I gave up looking for them. Then I said I will go and look at the pigs and cows and dogs* After I had a. good look at everything I went home and when I got home my motherland father were having tea. Then I had some tea too and 1 soon was fast asleep in bed. Alma Matthews, Hastings West School.