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Lyttelton Times, Volume III, Issue 143, 1 October 1853, Page 11

CHRISTCHUR!CH CATTLE SHOW To be held in the Market Place, Christchurch, on Thursday, October 6, 1853, Under the direction of the Christchurch. Agricultural and Horticultural Society. rpHE following Prizes will be offered, -*- subject to the following conditions. 1. That there shall be three Competitors for each prize, or no prize will be awarded. 2. The entrance fees for Horses, Cattle and Sheep, shall be Is. Od. for each description of Stock exhibited, and for Pigs 10s. b'd. The following will be the Prizes offered, there bein£ two Prizes, Ist and 2nd for each description of Stock:— PRIZES. First Second Prize. Prize, horses. £. s. d. £. s. d. 1. —For the best Draught Stallion in the Colony 5 5 0 3 3 0 2. —For the best Draught Mare in foul, or with foal by her side 5 5 0 3 3 0 3. —The best Stallion tor general purposes 5 5 0 3 3 0 4. —The best Brood Mare for general purposes, in foal, or with foal by her side 5 5 0 33 0 5. —For the best Colt, and best Filly, foaled between the Ist of August and the 31st December, 1852 5 5 0 3 3 o CATTLE. I.—For the best imported Bull 5 5 0 3 3 0 2. —For the best imported Cow 5 5 0 3 3 0 3. —For the best Colonial bred 8u11... 5 5 0 3 3 0 4. —For the best Colonial bred Cow 5 5 0 3 3 0 5.. —For the best yearling Bull, bred in the Middle Iflund, New" Zealand 6 50 330 6. —For the best Cow, bred in the Middle Island, New Zealand 5 5 0 3 3 0 7. —For the best three Heifers, under three years old. 5 5 0 3 3 0 8. —For the best single Heifer 5 5 G 3 3 0 SHEEP. I.—rFor the best imported Ham 5 5 0 3 3 0 2.—For the best imported Ewe 5 5 0 3 3 0 3. —For the best pen of (5) Rawis, bred in the Middle Island 5 5 0" 3 3 0 4. —For the best ditto of Ewes, ditto 5 5 0 3 3 0 5. —For the best pen of (5) Colonial bred Runs 5 5 0 3 3 0 6. —For the best ditio Colonial bred Ewes 5 5 0 3 3 0 7. —For the best pen of (10) Hoggets 5 5 0 3 3 0 PIGS. . —For the best B;>.ir in the Colony,being over 12 months old 3 3 0 2 2 0 2.—For the best Sow in the Co- - lony, being over 12 months old , 3 3 0 2 2 0 3.—For the best pen of (5) Pigs, under twelve months old 3 3 0 2 2 0 N.B.—- The present funds of the Society being quite inadequate to meet the expenses of the proposed Show, Donations for this purpose are earnestly solicited from all parties who feel interested in the object in view. Donations, and yearly subscriptions to the Society, (£1 per annum) will he received by the Treasurer, \V. G. Brittan, Esq., Ch.ristch.uroh, and by the Hon. Secretaries, J. C. Pouter, C. Davis,