ON THE LAND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13723, 13 April 1908, Page 8

ON THE LAND.

THE ENGLISH HORSE SHOW

[FROM OCR ENGLISH AGBICPi.TVK.II. COBRESPOSDKKT.]

As the market for heavy horses haK been re- j markably brisk for some months past, there : was every reason to expect a good entry for ; the 26fh annual show of the Shire Horse j Society. The prices amount in value to > £2220. including the challenge cup. valued | at 100 guineas, for the best stallion ' and the 1 corresponding 50-guinea uup for the best, 1 mare or filly with several cups of £r0 to J £25 to bo won outright. Breeders of prize | animals as well as exhibitors get prizes. The j first prize was awarded to a big and highly | promising colt, Holker Mars, exhibited b» j Mr. Victor Cavendish, M.P.. Karl Egerton's j Tatton Prior being second, Mr. Mortimer de , Hay's Pendley Champion third, and the ! colt for which Lord interstoke gave 900 . guineas, the top price, at Lord Rothschild s : sale (noticed in last week's notes*, fourth- | There were four other prizes, and the King I got a high commendation. The two-year-old colts made tip a very j great class, the largest in the show. It con- j tained so many excellent young horses thai 1 the judges were a long time in selecting the J ten to he rewarded. It was highly j satisfactory to see that Mr. .lames (Joukl's J Lvmm Grey fulfilled his promise as last j year's first prize yearling by getting to the J top as a two-year-old. The second and third j winners are two other grand young horses, j They are Mr. Miehaelis' New Cut Harold ; 11. and Sir 'Albert Muntz's Dunsmore Pro-j fessor. The King's Blondel was placed j fourth. Dunsmore Professor was third and j New Cut Harold H. Bth in the yearling class ] last year, and one more among the six re- j maining winners got a, prize last year, also, { so that four of the winning two-year-olds j were winners as yearlings, This is good evi- j dence of the soundness of last year .-> judg- j nig. In the class for stallions three years j old, four of the winners were also recipients i of prizes as two-year-old colts last year, j though not in the same order by any moan--- j Mr. Miehaelis gained the top place witn 1 King of Tandridge, fifth last year. J. hi? j horse has grown into a very big one, well j proportioned, and furnished with plenty of | bone. In the second position was placed , Mr. J. W. Kenworthy's .Rename » 1., bought by his present owner for SOOgns at I Lord Rothschild's recent sale. Mr. i. E. Muntz got the third prize lor King forest, | third as a two-year-old last year; and Mr. j Warner Barrs was placed fourth for Km lev , Friar. There* were seven other 1 izes. the j pe"enth being awarded to Sir Walpole | Greening's Hotspur IV., which was first last j year, when owned by Lord Rothschild. Ihe j high level ol size and quality in the class for four-Year-old stallions was very striking. Earl Egerton's excellent horse Tatton Dray King, was placed first, as he was last year when three years old. He was then reserve to the champion. A good second was Mr. .1. Gould's Lockinge Truffle, which was followed by Sir K. D. Stern's Danesfield Stonewall. Mr. Farnworth's Ratclitfe Forest King, Sir A. Muntz's Dunsmore Premier. Messrs. Hobb's King of this Roses—a 640 guinea purchase at Lord Rothschild s sale and the executors of Mr. J. Briars Dunsmore Commander. The seven made up an admirable set o. prize-winners. The class for stallions over four and under j ten years, and under 16.2 hands, was a comparatively small one, as usual. The prizes fell in the order given, to Messrs. Forshaw's Glen Royal 11., the Leightou Buzzard Steel Company's Ragged Boy 11. (another of the purchases at Lord Rothschild's recent sale), the same company's Folville Dray Lad, and Mr. Eadie's Barrow Sir John. The corresponding class for horses over 16.2 hands was disappointing, as it is usually one of the best, and it was not so this year. It was headed, however, by Lord Rothschild's massive and well-proportioned Childwick Champion, while the same exhibitor was placed second for Ringway Harold. There were four other prizes. A few old nrize-winners appeared in the last of the stallion classes, for horses ten years old or more, a very small one. Messrs. Forshaw's verv successful Bay Thumper was placed first, Sir A. Muntz's Woodferry Potboy and Calwith Captain second and third, and the executors of Mr. J. Eryar's Lochinge Albert fourth. , On the second day of the show the judging of the mares and fillies began with the yearling class, in which there was much variation in merit. A good first was Sir A. Muntz's Dunsmore Girl, a filly of great substance, promising tc grow into a great mare. For quality and form Lord Rothschild's Danesfield champion Duchess, placed second, ran the winner closely, and Mr. Everard's Baidon Forest Rose, the third prize-winner, made up a. capital trio. There were seven other prizes. Large and excellent was the class of two-year-old fillies. Here Mr. .1. G. Williams' Bamfield Forest Queen, a filly of great size and substance for her age, came to the top. followed by Mr. T. Bond's Ludboro Royal Lassie, Mr. T. W. Griffin's Boro Forest Queen,, and Mr. T. Bond's Ludboro Primrose Belle. It is remarkable that all these six were by Loehinge Forest King, the most successful sire at this show, as at last year's exhibition. There were four other i prizes. It is curious that not one of last- year's yearling fillies gained a prize in the two-year/ old class. ' In the three-year-old mare class Mr. G. Atterbury's Fuchsia 11., fourth last year ,-s a two-vear-old, allowed such great development that she was first, beyond all reasonable doubt. Maori Violet, another beautiful mare, gained tlio second prize for Messrs. Fletcher and Andrews: and Sir Walpole Grecnwell's Misty Morn, bought at Lord Rothschild's sale for 600 guineas, was third ; while Messrs. Forshaw gained the fourth prize for Tockholes Belle. There were five other prizes. Four of the nine prize-winners were honoured last year as two-year-old fillies. Mr. B. W. Kearns came to the front »n the four-year-old mare class with Mollington Movement, a mare of excellent shape and quality. He was followed by Mv. Fearnihough with Lawful Diamond, arid Mr. Brooks with Lawful Ruby. All three of these winning mares were by Lockinge Forest. King. Iu a small and poor class of marcs over four vears. and under 16 hands, Mr. .T. (J. Williams' Dorothy of Wansby was placed first. In the corresponding class for mares of 16 to "16.2 handsa very good one—Lord Rothschild's Belle Cole, a beautiful mare, took the top place. Mr. Fielding's My Fashion being a good second, and Mr. F. E. Muntz's Ruddington Heiress third. The third class for mares over four years was for those of 16.2 hands or more. It was well filled, and last year's fii.-fc prize-winner, and reserve for the championship, came to the front again. This was Mr. Miehaelis. grand mare Poilton Sorais. Messrs. Forshaw gained the second place with Dattcthorpe Rose, and Earl Beauchamp the third with Sussex Bluegown, champion when flic was younger. The very small entries of barren mares and geldings, making up the remaining four classes, do not call for notice.

The cup for the best stallion in the three younger classes was awarded to Mr. .James Gould's Lymm Grey, first as a two-year-old at; this show, and as a yearling last year. Mr. Michael is took the reserve ticket for his three-year-old King of Tawbridge. Nor did the judges hesitate many minutes in choosing Earl Egerton's fine horse Tatton Dray King, as the host of the older stallions. Lord Rothschild's Childwiek Champion being reserve. Then the stallion championship was awarded to Tatton Dray King, and Lord Rothschild's got the reserve ticket. The best filly or mare in the three younger female classes was ad indeed to l>e Mr. Atterbury's Fuchsia 11., Mr. Williams'Bainfield Forest Queen being reserve. Lord Rothschild got the cup for the best of he older mares, and finally the female championship with Belle Cole, and Mr. Michae]is' (Pnilton Sorais. was reserve once more. The champion gelding prize was awarded to Mr. A. K. Spaeker. The addresses of winners have not been givien : hut any reader desiring to communicate with an exhibitor can write to him, care the secretary of the Shire Horse Society, 12. Hanover Square, London. THE BEAD TREE. The fruits of the " bead" tree, or Molia azedarach, are generally considered to be poisonous. The specific name, which is Arabic, implies a poisonous plant. its roots are bitter and nauseous, and in North America are used as an anthelmintic. The tree is supposed to possess febrifugal properties, and a decoction of the leaves is used as a remedy for hysterics. This very pretty small tree bears bunches of lilac flowers, which emit a most agreeable perfume. An Indian species of melra bears a specific name resembling the one above referred to. and the run names may easily lie confused. This is the M. azadirachta, the " neem tree" or " margosa." The Hindoos make from this a kind of toddy, which they consider a stomachic. The fluid is obtained by tapping. From the fruit ail oil is extracted tit, for burning and other domestic purposes; the sweet pulp is also eaten in times of scarcity.