JUDGING AT A. AND P. SHOWS

Matamata Record, Volume XIX, Issue 1752, 30 July 1936, Page 4

JUDGING AT A. AND P. SHOWS

MATAMATA DISCUSSION ■ Question of Late Entries Vigorous protests against what he described as the inconsistent late judging of cows in milk at the, last Matamata A. and P. Show,, and against alleged acceptance of late entries, were voiced at the annual meeting of the Matamata Jersey Club on Tuesday evening by Mr. W. Dunn. “ According to both the schedule and the catalogue cows in milk were to be judged first,” said Mr. Dunn in introducing the matter amongst general business. “ But at the last show the group classes were judged first. I objected strongly at the time, and but for the danger of creating a scene I would: have taken all my cattle away.” He brought the matter up now because some members of the Jersey Club had been officials at the show. Stating that he had, as a member of the A. and P. Association,, been a cattle steward on show day, Mr. J. E. Barker explained that . the group class also had <; .a.. 'cow in milk.- The. A. and R. Association had thrashed the matter .out. quite a lot, and had ruled that the group, class must be judged first to prevent the possibility of a competitor having a cow judged in the cow in milk class, and then putting the same cow in the group class. This year the wording of the; rule in the schedule and catalogue would be altered to make the position clearer, but the group would still be judged first. “ The association definitely said one thing and just as definitely broke its rule,” Mr. Dunn protested again. The discussion closed with Mr. Barker explaining again that the rule aimed to prevent a competitor getting a judge to select his cow in milk for the group class. >&r Late Entries Alleged * A further protest against late entries of show exhibits was voiced by Mr. Dunn, who alleged that although the club had protested two years ago against late entries cepted, and the schedule stated that jhp? positively no late entries would be accepted, there was a page of late entries in the last catalogue, while still others, he asserted, had not: been printed. : I “There are positively no late eri- -■">— tries accepted,” Mr. J.” E. Barker de-V‘ nied. The catalogue, he said, was printed almost a week- before - the: : date of the show, and the list of what were described as “ late entries ” -was- printed two days-before- ' ’ the show- These “ late -./entries'”f. were entries which had riot been , finalised, such as entries made by telephone and not formally finalised in writing. “There was not one single late entry accepted for the last show, ”he said. “ I fact, we refused 20 late entries from one man alone.”