A COMPLETE SUCCESS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18579, 13 December 1934, Page 8

A COMPLETE SUCCESS

ROYAL SHOW FIXTURE FINE STOCK EXHIBITED (Per Press Association.) IX YERC A RGI LI;, this day. People's Day at the Royal .Show yesterday drew an atieiidaliee of approximately ' 20,000, and as Hie weather, was. fine, thouglj windy,, anti the stock were ,of such outstanding merit, the fixture was a complete success.

A feature .in the afternoon was tingrand parade, of Royal Show, .champions, which, included', some of the finest stock, that has ever graced the New Zealand Show ring. The programme provided for the- horse sec tions to be completed yesterday, but the entries were so large l in Clydesdales ahd certain ,of the light horse breeds,'that the work was n'of completed on'. tiifte for. ;the .grand' parade, arid ..jirci'giijg V,'4 S this morning. , ,T;he .judges indicated tl(.at Ihe standard, was unusually high, and fully worthy, of, Royal Show, standard. The show will be concluded to-mor-row. ' ' < - • • , The following championship awards were made yesterday. ‘Horses. Thoroughbred,; —Stalli,on, ,T. D. Burnett, Kingston; reserve, A. Chisholm, Otautnuj- mare, A. Oliver, Pine Bush; reserve, Mrs N. Dawson, Kenuington. Trotters and' Pacers.—'Stallion, D. Todd, ‘Mataura; reserve, A. Mctellnn, Invercargill. ' . ' Harness Horses. — Champion, \\ • Kennedy, Otautau; reserve, ,T. RBrown, Dunedin. Working Draughts—Gelding, Fleming Bros,, .Cfookston; reserve, Allison Bros., Milton. Sheep. Romney rani. — J. Mosley and Sons, •Clyde vale; reserve, J. Mosley and Sons. English Leicester rani.—Sir E. Heaton Rhodes, Tai Tapu; reserve, Sir R. Heaton Rhodes.