JUDGE’S COMMENTS.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 382, 13 March 1937, Page 4

JUDGE’S COMMENTS.

Exhibits Few In Number But Good Standard. Comments by judges additional to those published yesterday wire as follows: Milking Shorthorns. Mr J. H. Maton, Feilding, v.'as disappointed with the small number of Milking Shorthorns, but said some excellent quality animals before him. lie was particularly pl used Avith Mr Rog-er Marshall’s chainpion bull and the reserve| champion .-howii by Mr Ijollard, Kaponga, was also a fine animal. Among the femaks the champion and rest rye clu .ipion, W. P. Boott n’s • Showfield Miba and L. Barkla’s Egil.ont Joan respectively, were outst;:ndliig Light Horse Section, Disappointment at the number o» ■ on, i t.cors \ ' s expressed by Mr £ C. Mcßa , of Pat a, judge in The light horse section. He recognised lhat al this time of the year-hunter ..•crc not yet, ready, but still tie bad xp( ted the fields to have been larger. Po-th jumping events wore won by ?»lrs Whiteh/iad’s Urenui Dusk* ri-.j-den by I. R. Cole. Dusk gave a splendid display of jumping on each occasion. The prize-winning hacks the judge consid. red quite good, the champion Valhalla, owned by C. H. Washer, Hawera, being well knov'A hi the show ring. In harness horses the competition was very small, but two or thr e good horses were parad’d. The chi.impion, Golden Gem, ov'a■d by Mrs A. King, Stratford, was very showy, with splendid action and nice carriage. Horses. Mr A. Alexander was pleased with the comp tition in the draught horse section and also with the quality. The winning Clydesdale entire, Hogan’s Matapu Bold McQuaid, v s a particularly good one, quite as good s any that Mr Alexander ha 1 seen any North Island show of late vears. The reserve entire, B. nton McQuaid, was p. no,th er good sort. R. Townsend's Balthangie Rosina, the champion spring carter, though 12 vears of age, was a splendid type bowing pl nty of action, quality and size. The reserve, Ep’nar I's ' dv Raglan, also owned by R. Tor'asend, was another that pleased the judge Major, owned by Mr II Hartle'.-, ol Auroa,, the winner of the utility class, was another fine type, handling himself well and being useful either to

► rid 6, drive or pull the plough. He had good feet, winning the class for the best-footed harness horse. Pedigree Jerseys. Mr A. Horn, of Ohau, judge of the Jersey classes, expressed himself as well pleased with the standard ot •Rock he had seen in the ring this morning. Both the champion cow and the roKerve champion were splendid types, while the calf class, which was. well filled, was well up to the standard of the slock judged yesterday. 'J here wire some very promising calyes exhibited and the bull calves, too showed considerable merit. Pony Leaping. The judge of the light horees, Mr S. C. Mcßhu, of- Patea, was much more heartened by to-day’s events than, yeslerJivy’s. The fields were good and he considered the ponies a ■zery useful lot. It was, in the opinion of M,r Me Rae,, a good thing to cater ■so fully for th it. class, and the Styat’ord Association should be congratulated on its efforts to tncourage the younger penformers. The riding genrally was g’OOd, difficult in fact to judge, and be was very pleased with the whole ’clast.