TARATA DOG TRIALS

Taranaki Daily News, 15 April 1935, Page 14

TARATA DOG TRIALS

CONCLUDING DAY’S KUNS

HUNTAWAY TO H. R. SCOTT’S BEN.

I. MACRAE WINS LOCAL CUP. The Tarata dog trials were brought to a successful conclusion on Saturday in fine but very cold weather, which affected the attendance, those present being mostly residents of the district. The remaining runs in the huntaway were decided in the morning. and tne local event, in which there were 18 competitors, was run in the afternoon and was completed about 3.30. The work in the huntaway showed no improvement on that of the previous afternoon. The winner was Ben, owned by H. R. Scott, Whakamara. He dropped five points. The second dog, Bronze, owned by Martin Lyall, Awakino, dropped four points in huntaway and two in style. In the local novice event the competitors had to head and pull their sheep and then yard them, points being given for heading, pulling and yarding, as well as for command and style. The total was 58 points and only two competitors secured over 40 points, the work being disappointing. The judge, Mr. E. W. McCarthy, Wanganui, considered it was the hardest event on the programme. The winner was W. J. Jackson’s Glen with 43 points. lan Macßae, secretary of the club, was second half a point away with Moss. He won the S. George rose bowl outright, which was presented for maiden dogs owned in the east riding of the Inglewood county scoring most points in that event. lan Macßae also secured a leg-in in Mr. R. Paterson’s rose bowl for the maiden dog scoring most points in classes I. and 11. The Taranaki Herald’s special prize for the youth under 18 years scoring most points in the event was won by M. George’s Tip.

Details of the remaining events are:— CLASS III.: Huntaway, between three sets of flags on zigzag course, about 300 yards. Time 10m. Points, huntaway 24, noise 12, style 9, total 45. First prize £4, second £2, third £l, fourth 10s. H. R. Scott (Whakamara) Ben, 20 12

8 40 M. Lyall (Awakino) Bronze 20 12

7 39 2 F. King (Awakino) Don 17 12 9 38- .. 3 A. Doole (Mangamingi) Jack 18 11 8 37 4

J. Hirst (Tarata) Roy 16 12 8 36 .... 5 R. King (Awakino) Clyde 14 9 7 30 6 H. R. Scott, Chime 16 8 5 29 7 M. George (Tarata) Tip 10 10 8 28 .. 8 CLASS IV.: Local novice event, competitors not to have won a first, second or third prize in a standard heading event; about 300 yards. Time 10m. f Points: Heading 18, pull 16, command 12, style 6, yarding 6, total 58 points. Prizes: First £1 10s and A. Turnbull’s trophy; second, £1 10s; third, £1; fourth, 15s; fifth, 10s. Boundaries, Clifton and Inglewood counties, Taranaki county on the east side of the Waiwakaiho River to the radius line, the Ngatimaru riding and East Road to Stratford. W. J. Jackson Glen, 10 12 9 6 .6 43 .. 1 I. Macßae (Tarata) Moss, 174 14 7 4 0

42} 2 W. Faber, Jack, 11 8 5 2 6 32 3 D. Elliott, Tip, IS 10 4 1 0 31 4

J. McEldowney, Dick, 13 11 4 2 0 30 5 J. Drummond, Mike, 14 10 3 1 0 28 6 A sheep-guessing competition was won by Miss M. G. Waite, who estimated the correct weight, 1311 b, while a lamb guessing competition was won by D. Calvert, Awakino, who also estimated the correct weight, 671 b. A cake was won by Miss N. Stuart, Dudley Road.