HAWERA SHOW

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 4822, 27 November 1902, Page 7

HAWERA SHOW

FIIiST WAV. (liy our Special Ih-portur). IIAWKKA. Noveim/cr 211. Tho great souLi/ont district or Taranaki has ahvuis boon l/uno/t as st/ickpioduenig country, amt tiro annual show at llairera is, tiioroforo, an mtcrj'.sUii-r fixture in llio ui;riculUir<il wurhl. im/ugh not claiming any metropolitan rcput.iU. lliu (lawcra Society lias suwrAw iu promoting an excellent show, anil it the amount of stock shown is rather Hinall tilt- finality ill several casus makes up for Um poor competition. Cufm-tunatciv the entries on the present ormmion -ilio seven teen li. exhibition of the Jigmont A. ami I*. Socicty-sucw a falling oil' compared with those r.t last year—a now experience for the soci-dy, ami, imlee.-l, for the agriculturel show niovemenl: in tho suntheni district of the North island. An insuperable reason. j;mve,ver, aeeounts for this. A IKU aulumn. a jioor winter and an esceptioaallv rough sprini; threw lic.ek both sheep -.ml cat tie 1.0 sneli an extent that they eouid not lie elt'-eij vc lv brought up to show form. The first day ni the show, which took place on tho society’s Grounds to-da" was h.ehl in lim 1 weather, but. under the disagreeable influence of a. particularly stiff wind. This aceounted for a rather poor ultondance ot too pu Ijl if. The only class of sheep which aUrncdcd anv ko?n (-ompetition avhs th‘3 JiiiKl Mocker. Tlic other <-U*<:<■< wrru re-pn-,>c!i tfd l, v ono or I »vo thmijfh V. if. Wvbournc wo; pnicticoli.y ih* only exhibitor ntul i»mc-i«.Uor in Jimoolsis, ami Iti-< itamc* is indicafivo or the qTMlilv of the slnep. His fifU-ou Lmca Ims wove miii3 an exliib'tion in Uiemse'ivnr-. and ‘wo wdl entitled to the two ohainoifnt'ddi's and overv first pri//.’. Konmoy Mni.dj v:evr yiiown hy only um> liro(;d'-j‘, TO. Sit or I: ft Vi Id ■ nuf). udio penned eonio cx.ci*llont spoednjons. Four exhihL--Ims ooi-ipofod in tho Shropshire l Down cla-x. .1. .1. Foreman H nahai and .J. (himplxdl (Manain) dlvidimr Iho honours. The former the rani, and Iho latter the owt* (dm:ni»jonsli:]», .Kiurlifb L‘dc*o-d«n-s avlto a '.mod lot. I’ernic liras., A. A. Fiudduuu and It. llromor woroAhmost succ'-ssiul exhibitors, Iho Wanj:»nni brenders si-cunn-r tho rum ehanpio iami A. A. I‘nnUiam tho same distinction in owes. In Herder Lo’cestors there wore «. number of very wcuh specimens. Several wero passed over ns unworthy an award, and ono or Iwo exhibits ticketed were only considered to bo worthy a second prize. Tho grades ■were a fair lot, A. S. Tonks, n local breeder, tpiiniu" the majority of the awards. * 'J hero was a small entry in fat sheep, hut the quality was very iioo'l, especially in tho Jambs.' A pen of live sheep (A. Hubert sou. Ihuvora) for woo! mid mntlon combined was cr.crptinned!y {ice. and was greatly admires!. A. S. Ti>nh-, was the other most *i:ccesnful exhibitor. eecurinx ilio majority of the awards. W'ilh tho exception of the .stallion class all (1)0 thoroughbreds were Judged today. Those included .some excellent animals, tho breeding marc being as line a class a» in tho opinion of the judge has been ‘soon iu a New Zealand snow ring, the uniformity of the quality being remarkable. In this class Maiubooni (F. S. Cooper, Hawera). by King Cole— Masthead, was a particularly fine mare, ami was wcdl placed from (ho seven others. Tho champion female was a two-year-old filly Syringa, by Sfc. Cyr— Tamora, tho property of a local breeder, Mr J. Goodaon. This was a first-class inure and a worthy representative of old Tamara. Loth tho geldings shown wore good animals, 11. V. Lest < Normauby) securing tho first honour. Tho carnage and hackney classe-i wore particularly good, some of tho placed horses being useful animals of an excellent stamp. In the hackney brooding maro class the first and second animals (Ja.s. Davidson and tho Mooro- tin liter Estate being the exhibitors) were fine animals, and the first horse in tho two-ycar-old filly or gelding class, A. Alexander's ftychcm, showed beautiful action, ami well deserved his place from four others. A good gelling of the same breeder was placed first from fivo others in the. yearling cius.s. Tho draught .stock exhibited was, ns is usual at Hawera, of a high standard. The stallions will bo judged to-morrow, but of those competing to-day the quality was very good. James Grant received tho championship ticket in the female classes with Flora 11. and first iu the yearling filly class. A. A. Fauthivm, who secured tho second in tho first-class, gained tho first prize in the throe-year Tho two-year class was vron by IV. 11. Koid fManaia). P. A. Dreamier had tho only entries in tho gelding and colt classes. A. Alexander won the pairs, X' 1 . Day tho golding, and Vv’m. Ihiris tho dry maro class.

Tho cattle exhibited wore a fairly representative lot. Tlie shorthorns were an excellent collection, nml the judg? considered he had never handled a better typo of the breed than the champion bull, Tho champion cow was also a very fine shorthorn. A. A. Fanthnm, the Iccal .brooder, exhibited the former, securing in all four firsts, and ,T, IT. Sellers (Okaiawa) the hitter. The only exhibitora to got a first ticket woro .Bradford and Dalton (Whakamaru), with a yearling bull, and J. "Winks (Normauby), a three-year bull. Jerseys wore a fair Jot, including several fine types of the valuable butter-fat variety, bred and shown by J. G. Harknoss (Midhnrsfc), who secured both championships. His female chain* pion, a ttfO-year-old heifer, was a particularly fine animal. Quo exhibitor, 1). Buchanan (Knkaramea), showed four Ayrshiros, his first prize cow being a very good specimen of t*ho breed and tho bull a good type. Nine polled Angus were exhibited of only fair finality. Under tho heading of Dutch Friesian three animals woro exhibited, n bull, a cow and a heifer, Tho two former were awarded championships. Tho bull was a fair typo, and the cow and heifer woro not very fair specimens of a dairy cow. Tho shorthorn grades wore a. splendid lino, particularly tho cows. John Winks (Normanby) and A. E. Death (Hawera) divided tho honours. Tho fat cattle were also very good, particularly tho freezing bullocks. The single bullock (A. A. Fantham) was a snlendid stamp of animal. Tho cows, on tho other hand, wore only fair. The Moore-Huntor estate secured the first honour in freezers. COMPETITIONS. The jumping competitions to-day were very fair. Tho hunter competition was won by P. Wottou's Yeast, with Geo. E. Piper’s Brunswick second, and i). P. Syme’s Kupara third, i Twelve competed. Two pony leaping competitions took place, both being won by A. Mitchell's Czarina. L. S. BnrraclougU won tho driving competition, DAIRY PRODUCE. Ono of the features of tho show is tho excellent competition it annually secures in factory butter and cheese classes induced by tho handsome prizes offered for tho cheese competition. Messrs Lovell and Christmas's JJSO Cup, with a cash prize given by that firm of ten guineas to tho maker, and a second prizo of <£s, is the attraction. In the butter class the inducement to competitors is a .£2O trophy presented by the Egmont Association, with -£l2 to tho actual maker, and a second prize of £3. There are other competitions for smaller money prizes. In each of tho above classes the cup has to be won three times before becoming tho actual property of a competitor. Tho result of tho present cheese contest is that the handsomo cup presented by the big London firm becomes the property of the Ngairo Co-operativo Dairy Company (Taranaki), that concern having won thed cup three times, the former being in IS9B and IS9O. Last year it was won by a Banks Peninsula factory, tho Barry’s Bay Company. In the competition for butter the IlmTeyvillD Cooperative Dairy-Company (Tarannki) secures tho trophy fer tho first time. Following are tho results: —Ono cwt cheese, for the Lovell and Christmas challonge trophy—Ngairo Co-oporativo Dairy Company, 1; Lowgarth. 2. Ngairo Company, Barry’s Bay Company, and A. Skerman (Palmerston North) also contpoted. One cwt chooso made subsequent lo 20th June. ICo2—German. Bay Company (Canterbury), 1 and 2; Lowgarth

Company. 3. Ngaire and Harry’s Bay L’ompanicH also competed. One cwv burtur bailable lor export, for association A‘3o trophy—llurleyvillu Co-opuiattvc Baity Company, 1; Vv luMtutikuia Company, I’; Kukaramea Company, v.n.o. Not less than oao civt expem buAmIlurlu/villu Company, 1. hakatameu Com pun v and Muieinete-Midliir.vt and .Mnktlaua (jo-opcialive Untiy Compamro also competed. Tiireu pomms ot .separator butter, in l!b pats —Kokaramca Cornpuny, J. Three pennies non-separator butter—Mrs A. ki. BettUt. 1 Tim lagluv.-fjod Bneon Company made several exhibits of hams and bacon. Tlimo. is every prospect oi a large tendance and a recard day for the association to-morrow.