SCHOOL COW-JUDGING

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 45, 6 December 1929, Page 4

SCHOOL COW-JUDGING

STRATFORD SHOW RESULTS. THE JUDGES' COMMENT. Following are the awards in the' Jlersey*" iseetipn of the school oowjudging at the Stratford Show: Advanced: Betty Parker \, Marjorie Young 2, Bernice Mills 3,, Margaret Tarrant 4. Second year: S. Dive 1, F. McGarva and J. Stewart equal 2, E. Goldup 4. First year; V. West 1, A. Johnson 2, W. H. Thomson 3, D. Harkness 4Mr. D. O''Sullivan, judge of the Jerseys, comments as follows: The standard of work this year is again very high, reflecting credit on the competitors and their teachers. Particularly is this so in the junior div-lis-ion. I have never judged better work from juniors, and those compf&tiitors who idid/ notl [get ,in the prize-list can attribute this entirely to the outstanding work of the placegetters. The winner's card secured the highest marks over the whole section, which denotes outstanding ability. Singuarly enough, all three winners of each division are girls. Mr. H. J. Marchant, judge of the Friesians, comments: . . First year.- The cards in this class are of a surprisingly high standard for|' the (first year pupils and are in advance of anything I have previously judged in this class. Second year: This class also produced some excellent cards, .and there was very little margin between any of the prize-winners. The first and second cards owe their position to the ma.ner in which intelligent explanations were given of the effect (that weaknesses or defects in one part of the cow would have in her appearance and scoring in other directions.

Advanced: The winning cards in f this class could hardly be improved upjon for laecurate observation and sound judgment. The first two are exceeding? good, and the others are close behind. The winning card is i worthy of special mention, the oom- : meats making it probably the best | card I have ever judged. The scorj ingj however*, was a little severe. I While this is a fault undoubtedly on j the right side itl had the! effect o* marring an otherwise almost faultless less card. Commenting on the Friesian section geneilatly, Mr. Ma.i"chan)ti remarks: The cards this year are. the most difficult bunch I have ever had to judge. They show great uniformity [throughout. After sorting out the winners in each class it would still j have been -possible to select another I bunch of almost equal merit. The 1 cow selected was eminently suitable to test pupils' knowledge and observation, and the school and the staff i are to be congratulated on the high ! level of judging attained. <"•