A. AND P. SHOW.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11103, 24 October 1907, Page 7

A. AND P. SHOW.

The mass of people that assembled at \ the Show groiwids j^esterday — the record attendance for any outdoor gathering ever held in this district — did not begin seriously to diminish until late in the afternoon, and when the last event over at 5.15, it was a sight worth seeing to witness the great procession of humanity streaming from the grounds. COMPETITIONS. There Avere 25 entries for the jumping competition for maidens. On the whole, this was a poor exhibition • almost without exception the horses hit the fence, and several even struck the sod wall. A number of the horses fell heavily, but fortunately none of the riders were seriously hurt, although P. T. Emerson, who was riding Mr C. R. Neale's Bully, was stunned for a while. Mr Pattullo's Sultan, Mr J.'C. N. Thomas' Freehold, and Mr S. Williamfion's Reality were the only three competitors called upon to go over the hurdles a second time, Unfortunately, Reality, who was shaping well, fell heavily at the sod wall, and thus lost his chance. The other two fenced fairly wellj and Sultan was considered the better of the two. Mr R. G. Black's Pennant, the third horse to set out, mulled the stiff jump. Mr /Black turned- a complete somersault, landing on the ground.. In scrambling over the fence Pennant grazed one of Ms hind legs to such an extent tjiat he had. to bo withdrawn from competing further. The next event a leaping match, wns also poor, as far' as jumping was con-; cerned. Here again several horses fell at the jumps. Mr P. T. Emerson, who ; to some extent had recovered -from his first fall, again attempted to guide one of the leapers, Mr H. E. Lougher's Ivan, over the obstacles. Upon reaching- the stiff fence his mount again struck, turning a .and landing right on top of his rider. It was, easily seen that Mr Emerson was more seriously hurt than in' the former ajccktent, 1 and, in fact, many of tjie onlookers thought he had been killed' outright. The unlucky; man was speedily removed, to the accident room, where Drs. Scott, Coker and Collins attended hini. The full extent of the in-: juries' were not made known, and' Mr' Emerson was removed to Dr. Scott's pri : vate hospital, suffering from severe concasiiion. During the competition there were two o.ther narrow escapes; through, horses coming do^i. After the 20 competitors ljad gone over once, the numbers were cut down to .seven. These again were pint: to the test, but their jumping was not too brilliant. % Finally Mr R. J. Reynolds' Sandy, Mr Pattullo's s Sultan, and Mr J. T. Dunlop's Eva were chosen to go again, in order to determine the positions. Eva was displaced' on ac- : count of falling at the fence, and the red ticket eventually fell to Sandy; There is. no doubt the horses competing in these two classes had not received sufficient training; in; fact, there were some horses who wouldn't look: at the hurdles ai all. / The last event, .the Handicap- Trot, in harness, was an interesting one. . All the competitors went away with a fine dash. When, the grandstand was passed the first time, Mr A. SherrijßTs Dominion, which had received 25 seconds start, was a ; 'l^ng. way ahead; Mr J. Campbell's Ladybird, 15 seconds, /ivias making th6 pace in second position, while the scratch horse, Mr E. M.. ; Hutchinson's. Sir Roger,, was pursuing hotly/ decreasing the gap at every stride. At the back of the course Sir Roger ran into second position, but any attempts to overtake Dominion were hopeless. .The >y inner passed) the post 7 minutes 8 seconds after leaving the mark. The following are the results; of the last three' events : — Class 255. — Jumping competition for maidens. All former jumping winners barred. Ist prize* £5, presented, by Mr R. J. Reynolds; 2nd, £3, presented by Mr F. Pattullo ; 3rd, £I.— Mr F. Pattullo's chestnut gelding, Sultan (S. Newman), 1; Mr J. C. N. Thomas' brown gelding, Freehold (Francis), 2; Mr S. Wiliiamsori's bay gelding, v RealHy (J. Morice), 3. ' :\ '.'...'■'' : . Class 254.— Leaping match, steeplechase style, over such jumps as the committee may decide, Ist prize, £7 7s, presented by the 1 Licensed Victuallers' Association ; 2nd, ; £2 ; 3rd^ £I.— Mr R. J. Reynolds' bay gelding, Sandy (Ru>tledge), 1 ; Mr F. Pattullo's; chestnut 1 gelding, Sultaii' (S. 'Newman), 2"; Mr J." T: Dunlop's bay mare, Eva (S, Sydney), 3. Class 259.— Handicap Trot, in harness, twice round.' Ist prize, , £4,; 2nd, £2.— Mr A. Sherriffs ' -grey gelding, Dominion (25secs), 1- Mr E. M. Hutchinson's Sir Roger (scratch), 2; Mr J. Campbell's Ladybird (15secs), ; 3. >■" . THE FAT SHEEP.; ' Immediately the awards had been made in class 146, best pen of five fat wethers, suitable for the frozen meat export, live weight not to exceed 1301bs; to be judged alive, a protest was lodged by Messrs Barker Bros, and Hutchinson Bros, on the grounds that the sheep which had beeni placed^ fiyst, second and third were ovei'Weight. At 4 p.m. -the sheep were weighed^/ -when it was found that the winners' were from 30 to 381bs over the stipulated live weight, or would turn out at 801bs freezing weight, whereas they should haye^ averaged only 651bs. The judge maintained that the smaller sheep were underweight. Upon the lightest sheep being placed oh the scales it was to be l2lbs short. This one, however^, would haye v hung tip at about 581bsV which is considered, a good weight for the class in which it was entered. Had the heavy weights been disqualified as the conditions showed that they shdiild have. been, only about four pens would have been left in the class. The matter has not yet been fixed up, but there is no doubt an amicable settlement will be arrived at. It has been pointed out that this class is a very important one to the young farmer who is desirous of knowing how to grade his sheep for export. If, however, he took the sheep which were awarded first prize yesterday, as his mark and endeavored to bring them \\p to that standard he certainly would have been misled. " . -, The following is the result of class 157, 'best pen of five fat lambs, suitable for the London market, to be judged when dt eased for freezing. First prize £2 2s, 2nd prize £1 Is, both presented by the X.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.— W. T. Bruce, Shropshire cross, 1 ; H. Ford, Southdown cross, 2 ; W. Jobson, Shropsliire cross, 3. CATTLE.— ANY BREED. The following are the last three results in the Cattle, milking classes:—Class 96.— Milk Cow, of any age, to be owned by farmer regularly supplying milk to a factory. Ist prize, Hon. Jas. Camel's £5 ss; 2nd prize, £3; 3rd prize, £1. — Jas. M. Arundel's Dolly, 36^ lbs milk, 3.6 test 1.3141bs butter fat, I : H. Wilson's Molly, 221b 5 milk, 3.4 test, .7481bs butter fat, 2; F. G. Pearson's Polly, 28ilbs milk ; 2.4 test, .6841bs but^ ter fat, S. Class 97. — Dairy Cow, any age. Ist prize, £5 5s (presented by Mr T. S. Wiliams) and Mr J. Townley's Trophy; 2nd prize, £3; 3rd prize, £1. — A. R. Hine's Lydia, 30£lbs, 1 ; F. J. Pearson's Polly, 28*lbs, 2; D. Morice's Brindle, bred by F. Morice, 24^1bs, 3. Class 100.— Best Milking Shorthorn Cow, any age. ,Ist prize, £2- 2s (presented by Messrs Common, Shelton and Co.) ; 2nd prize, £1 Is (presented by Mr A. R, Muir).— A. Tuohy's Molly, 22, 3.4, .748, 1; G. R. Moore's Daisy, 22, 1.5; .330, 2. (The aboVe tests are not nearly so high as last year's.)