PEOPLE’S DAY AT GORE

Southland Times, Issue 23378, 9 December 1937, Page 8

PEOPLE’S DAY AT GORE

CROWD VISITS SHOW

Good Exhibits In Horse Section

HIGH STANDARD MAINTAINED RING EVENTS POPULAR People’s Day at the Gore Show was an outstanding success, the weather and the quality of the exhibits combining to make conditions ideal for a highly successful exhibition. The attendance was very large and if not as big as at the last show it was very close to the record recently established for the fixture.

Rain which threatened towards evening on the first day did not fall and the weather was brilliantly fine yesterday morning, continuing so throughout the day. It was not surprising, therefore, that the attendance was near the record for a Gore show. Spectators began to arrive at an early hour and followed the judging of the various horse sections in the main ring with a great deal of interest. The quality of the horses shown was up to the standard and in some sections was probably the best that has ever been seen at Gore. The entry of draughts was very big and the judges had a busy day before they completed their tasks. The light horse classes were also very well filled and the quality here also was excellent. Competition from outside the immediate district, which had been felt in the sheep section on the previous day, was again found in the horses, and district breeders were on their mettle to beat the entries from outside districts. All classes of the show received a very close inspection by the visitors, the cattle stalls and sheep pens being carefully examined. When the grand parade was held in the afternoon, the grandstand was packed and the ring was densely surrounded with spectators. The parade served to prove that the show conceded little in quality to any in previous years. The horses, in particular, presented a very attractive appearance.

The sideshows, of which there was a greater number than for many years, proved a centre of attraction for both town and country visitors and throughout the day the lanes were thronged. The tents and stalls were popular and not a few of the shouting showmen seemed quite hoarse in voice but contented with the business done. The many novelties among the sideshows attracted much interest as did the numerous trade displays. The gate receipts amounted to £349, compared with £358 last year, the small decrease being almost negligible. The Gore Pipe Band provided a musical programme during the afternoon. JUDGES’ COMMENTS HORSES DRAUGHTS The males in the draught section were a very attractive lot and would do credit to any district where draught horses were exhibited at a high standard, said the judge (Mr J. R. Patrick, of Willowbridge). In the aged stallion class, Mr Andrew Grant’s imported horse Strathmore Streamline was shown alone. He was described as the best stallion that had been seen at Gore for many years, being a perfect mover and he was awarded the championship. In the three-year-old colt class, Fleming Brothers’ Springfield, which was placed champion at Dunedin and Balclutha shows this year was the winner, the judge remarking that he was a fine horse, but his action could be improved. In the two-year-old colt class, the winner and reserve champion was the Logan Estate’s Clan Innes Crest, a very clean, hard-boned colt. In the yearling colt class, the Logan Estate won with Mossdale Winalot, Mr A. Farmer being second with Rosevale. Both were good yearling colts which would win at many shows. In the gelding classes, the outstanding exhibit was Mr Andrew Grant’s Dandy, which had had a practically unbeaten record from Invercargill to Palmerston North, including three Royal Show championships. Although he was getting up in years, said the judge, he was wearing very well.

In the female section, Mr James Wylie (Sefton) expressed a high opinion of the quality of the entry. He was particularly impressed with the young horses which, with certain of the older mares, compared more than favourably with anything he had seen at Gore previously, or elsewhere. The two-year-old mare, paraded by Logan’s Estate, Mossdale Alma, was close in merit to the champion mare, Dees Rosetta (imp.) owned by Mr Andrew Grant (Fairlie), he said. Dees Rosetta was imported among Mr David Adams’s shipment from Scotland and was sold to Mr Grant for 1500 guineas. The mare won the Royal Show championship recently and before its importation took the highest honour in Scotland, the Cawdor Cup. It showed nice action, good bone and conformity with true Clydesdale characteristics, but was not a great deal better than Mossdale Alma which would probably develop more. Mossdale Lady Crest, another of the Logan Estate contingent, was also stated to be a good sort; in fact, both the fillies referred to were animals of which the Otama breeder could be justly proud. All the young horses were well brought out and well grown. Competition was most

keen in the progeny classes—three animals by one sire—the yearlings and two-year-olds. The best walking mare on the ground was Alex Noble’s May Hazelwood, a horse with a fine showring record and champion at several shows. It was worthy of note that two sets of three of her progeny were exhibited to advantage during the day. THOROUGHBRED There was little competition in the thoroughbred section, said the judge (Mr Bruce Ireland, of Invercargill), but there were three very nice mares. Guarantee was just out of training and showed plenty of quality, being the only Paper Money horse in Southland. PONIES Mr Ireland who also judged the ponies said of them that the standard was very good. He had been much impressed by Mi’ A. R. Johnston’s Princess Marina, which had improved a great deal since it was last shown. The same owner’s Nothing Nicer was another very attractive pony, having won many prizes in the show-ring. HACKNEY HORSES In the hackney section the champion was Mr T. V. McDonald’s (Brydone) Rambler, the winner of the class for the best weight-carrying hack (mare or gelding) up to 13st, to be saddled and mounted in the ring. The judge (Mr T. Paterson, of Gore) said that Rambler was a particularly fine type and easily the outstanding competitor. This horse was unbeaten in a show-ring last year and had gained several championships. Mr Paterson considered the section a good one on the whole, but he was not very enthusiastic about some of the classes. The winner of the class for the best yearling by a trotting or pacing stallion was a filly by Arion AxworthySenorita and exhibited by Messrs Todd Bros., Mataura. The judge said this filly was a very nice animal but the runner-up was not well grown and lacked show condition. Trixie, winner of the hackney mare-in-foal or with foal at foot class and exhibited by Mr lan Dodds, of Ferndale, was a good type of mare and had a beautiful foal at foot.

The class for light hacks (mare or gelding) up to list, to be saddled and mounted in the ring, was a very good one, but the judge expressed a preference for the hack with thoroughbred blood which was the ideal type. He said there too much trotting blood represented in this class. The winner of this class was Miss K. Wood’s (Beaumont) Marina, which also secured the reserved championship ribbon. The well-known show exhibitor Mr W. Hastie, of Dunedin, won the class for the weight-carrying hack (mare or gelding) up to 15st with Mystery and this horse was also successful in the class for the best-paced hack. Mystery has won a lot of prizes in recent years and the judge said he was a good horse. In the best-paced hack class he walked well, and cantered well. He was not a fast walker but a true one. Miss K. Wood’s Marina was successful for the second time in this section when she won the class for cob, 15| hands or under, after very even competition. The trooper’s horse class was not up to the standard expected by the judge. Mr Patterson said that a trooper’s horse should not be over 15 hands, but should be able to carry 14st. The winner, Mr T. McDonald's (Brydone) Robin Adair, was too high for a mounted horse, but as height was not mentioned in the class he had been awarded first prize because he was a fine type of horse in other respects. Miss K. Wood won for the third time in this section when Kenwood gained the honours in the class for lady’s hack (mare or gelding). The judge said that Kenwood was not a good type of a lady’s hack but was undoubtedly the best. He had good manners but not enough of the thoroughbred breed. The class for lady’s hack, 15 hands or under, was won by Mr R. J. Irwin (Wyndham) with Bluebird, which the judge considered was a good mare. The second horse was a good sort but had too much of the cob about him for a lady’s hack. The harness horses were quite good, the winner of the class for mare or gelding, 15 hands or under, being quite a good animal. Nigger, winner of the class for single harness horse (mare or gelding) and owned by Mrs J. E. Watson, of Waipounamu R.D., was getting up in years but was a pleasing type. Mr A. R. Johnston, of Waikaka Valley, won the class for the best turnout. COMPETITIONS Always an attractive feature of the show ring on People’s Day the competitions attracted marked interest and all eyes were on the jumpers in the five jumping events. The standard was well up to that of previous shows and the successful horses won on their merits. Messrs Bruce Ireland, of Invercargill, and T. Patterson, of Gore, were the judges. The pony jumping which was the first 'of the jumping events was easily the best of the Gore series of many years. The Eastern District championship was won by Mr A. V. Bacon’s (Waitahuna) Donegal after some spirited competition. J. S. and W. E. Hazlett’s Eastern Chief and W. Hastie’s (Dunedin) Red Fire could not be separated in the first round and the run off saw Eastern' Chief gain second prize by a decisive margin. Eastern Chief was undoubtedly the most promising jumper in the competition and but for one mistake at the hencoop in the first round he would have won. Eastern Chief was successful in the maiden event and his display was easily the best of the afternoon. He also won the hunters’ event for lady riders. In the run off for second place in the Eastern District championship Eastern Chief gained as many points as the winner. In the hounters’ event for lady riders he was ridden by Miss Nola Kerr, of Dunedin, who won the prize for the best lady rider and incidentally rode the second and third horses. Miss Kerr’s horsemanship earned the highest commendation from the judges and other experts in the ring. Only two horses contested the high jump and after an interesting duel the honours went to Mr W. Hastie’s Red Fire who cleared 4ft 7in without any apparent difficulty. Miss Nola Kerr was to the fore again as the rider of the winner. The pony classes in the competition section aroused the keenest interest and they were well up to the standard of other years. PRIZE-LIST DRAUGHTS Judges, Mr J. R. Patrick (Willowbridge) males; Mr James Wyllie (Sefton) females. Champion male: Andrew Grant (Fairlie). Champion female: Logan Estate (Otama). Entire horse, any age (one entry): Andrew Grant’s “Strathore Streamline.”

Entire colt, three years (three en-

tries): Fleming Bros (Crookston) 1, James Winter (Edievale) 2, Alex Noble (Gore) 3. Entire colt, two years (six entries): Logan Estate 1, Robert Lockie (Edendale) 2, J. Walker (Wendon R.D.) 3. Entire colt, one year (four entries): Logan Estate 1, A. Farmer (Edievale) 2 Mrs L. Robertson and Sons (Conical Hills) 3.

Gelding, four years or over (two entries): Andrew Grant 1, Logan Estate 2. Gelding, three years (six entries): D. Coubrough (Kelso) 1, W. Macdonald (Mataura) 2 and 3. Gelding, two years (one entry): Logan Estate 1. Gelding, one year (two entries): Logan Estate 1, W. Y. Dickie and Sons (Ferndale) 2. Brood mare,- in foal or with foal at foot (three entries): Alex. Noble (Gore) 1 and 2. Pair brood mares, in foal or with foal at foot (one entry): Alex. Noble 1. Dry mare, four years or over (two entries): Andrew Grant 1, Alex. Noble 2. Three-year-old filly (five entries): Logan Estate 1, Andrew Grant 2, Alex. Noble 3.

Pair dry mares, three years or over (three entries): Andrew Grant 1, Logan Estate 2, Alex Noble 3. Two-year-old filly (five entries): Logan Estate 1, Andrew Grant 2, H. Kirk (Kelso) 3. One-year-old filly (nine entries): Logan Estate 1, Alex. Noble 2, L. W. Coubrough 3. Pair fillies, or geldings or mixed sexes, two years or under (three entries). Logan Estate 1 and 3, Alex. Noble 2.

Mare and two of her progeny (two entries): Alex. Noble 1 and 2. Group of three mares or fillies (four entries): Logan Estate 1, Andrew Grant 2, Alex. Noble 3. Group of three colts, fillies or geldings, three years or under (four entries): Logan Estate 1 and 2, R. Hamilton (Tapanui) 3. Yearling colts and fillies, two-year colts and fillies (nine entries): Logan Estate 1.

Best mare or filly (five entries): Andrew Grant 1.

Best stallion or colt (two entries): Andrew Grant 1.

Special Classes

Best action and fastest walking heavy draught mare, three years or over (four entries): Alex. Noble 1, Andrew Grant 2. Mare or filly, two years or over, bred in Dominion (six entries): Logan Estate 1 and 2, Alex. Noble 3. Pair geldings (four entries): Andrew Grant 1, W. Macdonald 2, Logan Estate 3. Best action and fastest walking heavy draught stallion (three entries): Andrew Grant 1.

Spring dray horse, mare or gelding (four entries): Andrew Grant 1, Logan Estate 2, W. Mackenzie 3. Best pair plough horses in work (three entries): Logan Estate 1 and 3, Andrew Grant 2. Team of three horses, in work (one entry): Logan Estate 1. Four-horse team, in work (one entry): Logan Estate 1.

Spring cart horse (four entries): D. McDougall, jun. (East Gore) 1, G. Trusler 2, R. T. Hucklebridge (Knapdale) 3. Best tradesman’s turnout (one entry): Reid Bros. (Gore) 1. Best tradesman’s turnout (motor) (three entries): Reid Bros. 1, J. A. Cunningham (Gore) 2, Para Rubber Co. (Gore) 3. Most prizes in draught horse section: Logan Estate 1. THOROUGHBRED (Judge, Mr Bruce Ireland, Invercargill) Champion entire: J. R. Cochrane’s (Gore) Guarantee. Champion mare: Mrs A. Oliver (Pine Bush). Entire, any age (two entries): J. R. Cochrane’s (Gore) Guarantee 1, Potter Brothers’ (Kelso) Brian Boru 2. Colt, filly or gelding, one year (one entry): Todd Bros. (Mataura). Mare, three years or over (three entries): Mrs A. Oliver (Pine Bush) 1 and 2, Miss J. Pannett (Clinton) 3. PONIES (Judge, Mr Bruce Ireland, Invercargill) Best saddle pony: A. R. Johnston’s (Waikaka Valley) Nothing Nicer. Best harness pony: A. R. Johnston’s Nothing Nicer. Pony stallion, 14 hands or under (one entry): J. A. Barclay, jun. (Gore) 1. Pony mare, 14 hands or under, in foal or with foal at foot (three entries): John Kirk (Gore) 1, Pat Martin (Gore) 2.

Pony colt, filly, or gelding, two years (five entries): J. J. Crawford (Gore) 1, J. Kirk 2, W. E. Wilhelmsen (Mataura) 3. Pony, 12 hands or under (five entries): lan Haggitt 1, Betty Cockburn (Mataura) 2, W. E. Wilhelmsen 3. Pony. 121 hands or under, mare or gelding (10 entries): Keith Whiteley (Knapdale) 1, L. Bagrie (Brydone) 2, W. B. Sommerville (Kelso) 3, I. Haggitt (Mataura) h.c. Pony, 13 hands or under, mare or gelding (11 entries): A. R. Johnston 1, Len Jones (Wendon) 2, Miss Peggy Miller (Otama) 3, I. Haggitt h.c. Pony, 131 hands or under, mare or gelding (13 entries): A. R. Johnston 1, Miss Joyce McDougall (East Gore) 2, Len Jones 3, Miss P. Miller (Otama) h.c.

Pony, 14 hands or under, mare or gelding (eight entries): A. R. Johnston 1, T. Forbes (Waimumu) 2, W. E. Wilhelmscn 3, C. Smail! (Heriot) h.c.

School pony, 14 hands or under (seven entries): C. Smail! I, T. Forbes 2, W. Y. Dickie and Sons (Ferndale) 3, W. E. Wilhelmsen h.c.

Pony, 14;1 hands or under, mare or gelding (seven entries): A. R. Johnston 1, T. Forties 2, W. E. Wilhelmsen 3, Allan Smith (lieriot) h.c. Harness |n>ny, mare or gelding, 121 hands or under (three entries): K. Whiteley I. J. Kirk 2, .1. I’. MeGrouthcr (Wyndham) 3. Harness pony, mare or gelding, 131 hands or tinder (live entries): A. R. Johnston I, J. I’. Met irouther 2, Len Jones 3. Ha mess pony, nuur> or gelding, 14.2 hands or under (llti'ee entries): A. R. Johnston I. A Diincnii (Invercargill) 2. Best girl rider tinder Iti years: M. Johnston (Wnilutiiii Valley), Best i-'lrl rider under II vein's: N. Jones (Wendon), Best boy rider under IS years: K. Whiteley (Kiini>• Inlet Best boy rider tinder II years: L. Johnston (Wlllludin Valley), HACKNEY (Judge. Mr 'l'. I*ullorn<>ii, Gore) Champion middle Imine: 'l'. V. McDonald’s (Brydnlie) Kniidiler. Champion middle Imino: Mrs J. E. Watson’s (Mnndovjlle) Nigger. Hackney stallion, throe years or over, most suitable for gelling middle horses (one entry): W, ('. Grant (Gore). Hackney stallion, two years, most suitable for gelling saddle horses (one entry): W. C. Grant. I. Hackney, gelding or (illy, two years (three entries): W. D. Nicol (Tapanui) 1, W. R. Scott (Mntaura) 2, Mrs G. Abernethy (Gore) 3.

Best yearling by a trotting or pacing stallion (three entries): Todd Bros. (Mataura) 1, Mrs G. Abernethy 2 and 3. Hackney mare, in foal or with foal at foot (one entry): lan Dodds (Tuturau) 1.

Hackney gelding or filly, three years (three entries): J. Patrick (Tuturau) I, E. Walker (Heriot) 2, P. Martin (Gore) 3. Light hack, mare or gelding, up to 11 stone (12 entries): Miss K. Wood (Beaumont) 1, J. McMullan (Wendon Valley) 2, L. B. McKenzie (Otahuti) 3, J. D. Forbes (Waimumu) h.c. Weight-carrying hack, mare or gelding, up to 13 stone (seven entries): T. V. McDonald 1, Miss K. Wood 2, Mrs J. E. Watson 3.

Weight-carrying hack, mare or gelding, up to 15 stone (five entries): W. Hastie (Dunedin) 1, Miss K. Wood 2, A. V. Bacon (Waitahuna) 3. Cob, 151 hands or under, mare or gelding (eight entries): Miss K. Wood I, J. McMullan 2, L. B. McKenzie 3, J. D. Forbes h.c.

Trooper’s horse (eight entries): T. V. McDonald (Brydone) 1, Mrs J. E. Watson 2, J. Patrick 3, J. Forbes h.c. Best paced hack, walk, trot, or canter (14 entries): W. Hastie (Dunedin) I, Miss K. Wood 2, J. McMullen 3, Mrs J. E. Watson hie.

Lady’s hack mare or gelding (10 entries): Miss K. Wood 1, Miss J. Pannet (Clinton) 2, T. V. McDonald 3, Miss P. Yardley (Heriot) h.c. Lady’s hack, mare or gelding, 15 hands or under (eight entries): R. J. Irwin (Wyndham) 1, J. McMullen 2, Christie Bros. 3, M. Roche (Mandeville) h.c. Mare or gelding, 15 hands or under, harness (four entries): Christie Bros. I, Miss J. Pannet 2, M. Roche 3. Single harness horse, mare or gelding (six entries): Mrs J. E. Watson 1, Miss J. Pannet 2, M. Roche 3. Best turnout, horse, gig and harness (two entries): A. R. Johnston 1, Mrs J. E. Watson 2. DOGS

(Judge, Mr J. Brown, Moa Flat)

Collie bitch, rough-haired (two entries): J. A. Hellier (Arthurton) 1, Jack Robertson (Wyndham) 2. Collie dog, rough-haired (five entries): J. Mouat (Knapdale) 1, E. McLeod (Mataura) 2, Miss June McDowall (Gore) 3. Collie bitch, smooth-haired (one entry): Len Jones (Wendon) 1. Collie dog, smooth-haired (three entries) : Christie Bros. (Tuturau) 1, J. Henderson (Charlton) 2, Miss K. Henderson (Mataura) 3. Beardy dog (two entries): W. E. Wilhelmsen (Mataura) 1, Mrs R. Y. McDonald (Pukerau) 2. Greyhound dog (one entry): lan Adamson (Mataura) 1. RING COMPETITIONS (Judges, Messrs Bruce Ireland, Invercargill, and T. Paterson, Gore) Pony trot, for ponies 13 hands or under, to be ridden by girl or boy under 15 years (six entries): Miss Turnbull (Gore) 1, L. Jones (Wendon) 2, Miss C. Smaill (Heriot) 3. Pony trot, for ponies 14 hands or under, to be ridden by boy or girl under 15 years (five entries): D. Horne (Morton Mains) 1, L. Jones 2, Miss Turnbull 3. Pony jump, for ponies 13J- hands or under, to be ridden by boy or girl under 16 years of age (six entries): B. Whiteley (Knapdale) 1, Miss P. McDougall (Gore) 2, Miss P. Miller (Otainita) 3. Hunter (eight entries): J. S. and W. Hazlett (Invercargill) 1, J. J. Wylie (Kaiwera) 2, G. A. Scott (Mataura) 3. Eastern District championship, open (16 entries): A. V. Bacon (Waitahuna) 1, J. S. and W. E. Hazlett (Invercargill) 2, W. Hastie (Dunedin) 3. Hunter, to be ridden by a lady (nine entries): J. S. and W. E. Hazlett 1, W. Hastie 2 and 3. Leaping horse over high jumps (two entries): W. Hastie 1, A. V. Bacon 2. Polo race, open (four entries): J. A. Scott (Mataura) 1, R. J. Irwin (Mataura) 2.