THE SYDNEY ROYAL SHOW.

Otago Witness, Issue 3595, 6 February 1923, Page 16

THE SYDNEY ROYAL SHOW.

; S Easier will be early this year, and the show of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales at Sydney will be held from March 26 to April 4. This has rendered it necessary that the prize schedule shall be issued earlier than usual, and copies of the book are now being posted to all previous exhibitors and to other applicants. The committees have made several interesting additions to the various sections of the schedule, and each of these is calculated to bring forward some additional eom- . petition. Iu horses there are a few additional classes, notably one for the best police : horse. The, horses entered will be ridden 1 by troopers in their usual uniform, and a very elegant show is expected. There is .~i a new class for polo ponies. Shetland stallion and Shetland mare are two more ■ new classes put in at the request of some importers and breeders of these little ponies. There is also a class for miniature . . pony stallion under 10 hands. This is intended to encourage the breeding of ponies for very small boys, as they are dimcult to obtain at present. A few events have been added to the ring programme, and also lady riders have been paid the .Compliment of free entry for all the events in which they usually compete. Some new special prizes are the Whiddon Cup, pre- ■ ■ eented bv Mr Horace Whiddon, and a prize : -of £lO presented by Mr Anthony Hordern for ehajnpion pony in single harness. In cattle the principal change is in the number of entries allowed in each class to each exhibitor. For many years past the committee restricted the entries to three in a class, but now that increased accommodation has been provided for the animals the number has been extended to five. Ihe prize list is as liberal as before, and a few additions have been made. The most interesting is a new class designed to test the ■value of beef animals fattened on pasture ' and fed at the discretion of the owner for one month prior to the opening day of the show. The prizes for this class total £■**— first prize 25 guineas, second 10 guineas and third five guineas. The class is for fcnortfcorn steers under three years old, suitable for the export trade. They will be judged •when alive and subsequently after being slaughtered, points to be allowed in each case. The conditions contain a provision that the steers shall be broken to lead, and shall be led into the ring, which is in accordance with the practice in shows in England and America. There is a prize of , v 16 guineas for the best Hereford steer under 18 months. The conditions are not quite . . -the same as in the Shorthorn class but the actual results-will be on similar lines. A few additions have been made to the regulations in the pig section, and also in poultry and in dogs, and some changes have been , brought about in the agriculture section. Jn the dairy produce section a challenge . cup has been presented by the Australian Producers’ Wholesale Co-operative *ederation (Ltd.) for one package of butter, 561 b ar salted, to be selected from ordinary export consigi*nents at port of shipment. the total prize money for the show is Entries for the principal classes, will close from 24th to 27th February, but those for wheat and some dairy classes will be due on January 23.