HORSE PARADE

Southland Times, Issue 22140, 7 October 1933, Page 7

HORSE PARADE

REVIVAL IN INVERCARGILL. KEEN INTEREST SHOWN. The horse parade held at the Showgrounds yesterday under the auspices of the Southland A. and P. Association attracted a good attendance of the public and interested breeders from all parts of the province. The list of entries was not large, but gave a further indication of the returning popularity of the draught horse for farm work in Southland. The president of the Southland A. and P. Association, Mr W. R. Ronald, in his opening, remarks said the association was pleased to be able to have a' parade of Clydesdale horses after a lapse of fifteen years. The numerical strength of the parade was not strong on this occasion, but what was lacking in numbers was made up in the quality of the exhibits. He hoped that this small beginning would be followed by a more elaborate display next year which would no doubt place the annual parade of horses on a sound footing once more. Southland was celebrated for the quality of its Clydesdales and he expressed the hope that next year the list of entries would be sufficiently large to permit of the horses being judged as they were at the stallion show in the Old Country. If such was the case it was intended to present a shield for competition. The horses then paraded before the public, Mr John Macdonald reading the pedigree of each. In commenting on the parade to a Times reporter, Mr Macdonald said that out of the nine entries received seven horses were present. Most of them were imported horses and were well-known to breeders throughout Southland. The committee was gratified with the entries received and with the large attendance of the public and breeders, who had turned out to what he considered was the revival of the annual horse parade in Invercargill. All the horses present were good specimens of their breed, and breeders in Southland appeared to be well catered for with the fine types of horse at their disposal this year. It was many years since a horse parade was held in Invercargill, but the utility of the draught horse was again being realized. Latest reports stated that several Clydesdale horses were being imported to Southland and they would arrive in time for the summer shows. The purchasers were Messrs R. Lockie, Edendale; Thomas Logan, Otama; and Coulbrough and Hamilton, Kelso.