TARANAKI AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL SHOW.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8017, 10 November 1887, Page 2

TARANAKI AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL SHOW.

President: Colonel Trimble. Vice-Presi-dent: Mr. B. Olson. Committee: Messrs. J. Jury, W. Bewley, A. Davidson, W. F. Hoskin, R. Street, H. J. Honeyfield, F. J. Mace, H. Okey, H. Newland, E. Marf ell, T. Glare, J. Morris, W. Rowe, and B. S. LonoistaflE. Secretary and Treasurer: Mr. J. 0. Davies. Exceptionally fine weather prevailed on Wednesday, the day on which the fifteenth annual Agricultural and Pastoral Show of the Taranaki Society took plaoe on the Racecourse; but-notwithstanding this fact the attendance at the Show was only moderate,' as were the exhibits. The largest number o£ entries was in horse stock, but in sheep And cattle the entries were very small — so small, in fact, in some classes that there was no competition at all on account of there being only one beast exhibited. There was only one exhibition of pigs, and > as for farm implements and other industrial products, they were conspicuous by their absence. In the blood entire competition only two animals entered, the prize going to Mr. M. Cunningham's The Dauphin, who also carried off the champion silver medal. The firstcousin to The Australian Peer, the winner of the Randwiok Plate and Melbourne Derby, was greatly admired, and the judges expressed it as their opinion that he was a very high-class animal indeed. The Governor, his competitor, was aIBO favorably noticed. Kaitpo, entered by the same stockowner as The Dauphin, carried off the prize for best blood mare; and Mr. A. W. Henderaon'B colt, by The Dauphin, was successful as a blood colt under three yearß, the judges remarking he was "the best youngster on the ground." In other blood stock, the Dauphin's progeny were predominant, — the special prize given by Mr. Cunningham for the best foal by that sire falling to Mr. Henderson's colt. The judges chose between him and a sister owned by Mr. J. V. Dingle, at the owners' request, and gave their decision in favor of the colt. Four competed in the draught entire class, the palm being awarded to Mr. Mitchell's (Manaia) Director, an importation from Oamaru, whose sire is the famous Young Sanker. He alao took the prize ab a draught colt under three years, and the Champion medal for best draught entires. Mr. W. Russell's Young Charlie greatly took the judges' fancy. In two of the four hack events, the entries were above the average ; but in each of the two classes of ladies' hacks, there were only two competitors. The prize for the best trap horse fell to Mr. O. Samuel's Roger. There were three other competitors. There was a poor muster of cattle, but those exhibited were very good. Mr 0. Wells' shorthorn bull (Baron Amiens) took the prize for his class, and also the champion medal. The absence of Herefords was marked, Mr L. Read only exhibiting two bulls in that class. Mr Olson was to the fore in the Ayrshire breed, and succeeded in winning a number of prizes with his animals. There were six cows entered for the dairy class, Mr Marfell's Lily taking first honors, with Mr S. W. Jackßon's Beauty so close up that it was found necessary to go into fractions in the test to award the prize. Messrs H. J. Honeyfield and W. F. Hoskin were the principal exhibitors of sheep, of whioh some fine specimens were to be seen. Mr H. Okey took the. champion medal for the best ram. The exhibits of wool were few, Mr N. King's special prize being awarded to Mr. W. F. Hbskin. Poultry was fairly well represented, and the same might be said of -the oanine tribe. Only one item in the catalogue fell through altogether, and that was the shearing match, which did not eventuate onacoount of there not being sufficient entries. The majority of the judges were from the Plains, and their decisions appeared to give satisfaction, although we heard several complaints as to the awards. Tbe proceeds at the gates were considerably below the receipts of last year, only going £13 11s. The publioan's booth was run by Mr. H. Hammond. The Vice-President's prize of £2 2s, for the scorer of most points in horses, cattle, and Bheep, fell to Mr. E. Olson, who scoted 15 points, all in cattle. Appended is the prize list: — HORSES. Judges : Messrs. J. Stevenson. Hislop, and Caverhill, jun. Blood Entire, £1 and silver medal. — Mr. M. Cunningham's The Dauphin, 1 ; Mr. J. J. Russell's Governor, 2. Blood mare, 10s. — Mr. M. Cunningham's Katipo, 1. Blood colt (under 3 yrs), 10s. — Mr A. W. Henderson's colt, 1. Blood filly or gelding, trom July 1 , 1884, 10s. — Mr Sargent's Sir Robert (commended). Blood filly or gelding from July Ist, 1885, 10s.— Mr. J. Dingle's filly, 1 ; Mr. A. Standißh'B Eileen, 2 ; Mr. W. Campbell's Jock O'Hazeldean, commended. Blood filly or gelding, from July Ist, 1886, 10a.— Mr. J. Warnock's filly, 1 ; Mr. W. F. Hoskin's colt; 2, Draught Entire, £I.— Mr. Mitchell's Director, 1 ; Mr. W. Russell's Young Charlie, 2. Draught Mare, 10s. — Mr. H. J. Honeyfield's Ray, 1. Drught Colt, under 3 years, 10s. — Mr. Mitchell's Director, 1. Draught filly or gelding, from July 1, 1886, 10s.— Mr. J. C. Honey field's filly, 1. Draught filly or gelding, from July 1, 1886, 10s.— Mr. H. J. Honeyfiold's Lord Ravenswortb, 1. Lady's Hack, £I.— Mr. A. Standish's Okato (Mrs. J. Russell), 1 ; Mrs. Paul's Nellie (owner), 10s, 2. Weight carrying back, up to 13 stone, £2. —Mr A. Biflhop's Medora (H, Lepper), 1 ; Mr H. Riohardson's Life Buoy (owner), 2 ; Mr A. George's Acme, (owner), 3 Lady's jumping hack, £1 10s and 103. — No prizes were awarded as one of the two riders essayed to get her horse over the first jump without avail, and the other rider would not try it. Hack to carry list over 4 jumps, including water jump, £3 and £2— J. V. Dingle's Tommy (O. Franois), 1 ; Messrs Solo Bros.' Spitfire (E. Roberts), 2. Trap horse, to be driven in harness, 10a and ss— Mr O. Samuel's Roger (H. Bullot), 1 ; Mr J. R. Clark's Kitty (owner), 2. CATTLE. Judges : Messrß F. Finlayson, H. Irvine, and W. Suaalo. • Shorthorn bull, 3 yrs and over, £1 and champion medal— Mr O Wells' Baron Amiens. 1. Shorthorn bull, under 1 yr, 10s — Mr J O Honeyfield's Prince Tatara, 1 Shorthorn cow, 3 yrs and over, £1 and champion medal — Mr W. F. Hoskin's Graceful, 1 Shorthorn heifer, 2 yrs and and or 3 \rs, 10s— Mr Z. W. Wells' heifer, 1 Hereford bull, 3 yrß and over, £I— Mr L. Road's bull, 1 Ayrshire bull, 3 yrs and over, £I—Mr1 — Mr E. Olson's Wallace, 1 Ayrshire bull, 1 yr and under 2, IGa-— Mr. H. 8. Matthews' Sir Ronald, 1 Ayrshire cow, 3 yrs and over, £I—Mr1 — Mr E. Olson's Princess, 1 Ayrshire heifer, 2 yrs and under 3 yre, 10a— Mr E. OJBon'a Oamelia Ayrshire heifer, 1 year and under, 10s — Mr E. Olson's Fleckie, 1 Ayrshire heifer, under 1 year, 10s— Mr E. Olson'B Dewdrop, 1 Jersey bull, 3 yearß and over, £I— Mr O. E. Hoby's Pedlar, 1 Jersey cow, 3 years and 'over, £I— Mr Z. W, Wells' o<W, I

Jersey heifer, 2 years and under, 10s — Mr. Z. W. Wells' heifer, 1 Crossbred bull, 3 years and over, £1— Mr H. Okey's 0K.,1 Crossbred bull, under 1 year, 10s—Mr H. Okey's bull calf, commended Crossbred cow, 3 years and over, £1 — Mr W. F. Hoskin'e Queenie, 1 i Crossbred heifer, 2 years and under 3 years, 10s—Mr Z. W. Wells' heifer, 1 Crossbred heifer, under 1 year, 10s —Mr W. Seamark's heifer, 1 Fat cattle, pen of 3, £I—Messrs Sole Bros' psn, 1. Pair working bullocks, £I—Mr C. Mes senger's pair, 1 ; Mr A. George's pair, highly commended. DAIRY COWS. Judges : The Committee. The cows were milked in the yard, in the presence of the judges, in "the morninj? and afternoon. The pxhibitor gave a written guarantee that his cow was milked clean at 5 p.m the night before, lgt prize, washing machine (presented by Mr J. Low), or £2 10s ; second prize, £1. The following cows were entered : —Messrs 5. W. Jackson's Beauty, W. D. Webster's Dolly, E. MarfelPs Lily, P. Hoby's Jenny, E. Veale's Topsy and Nellie. The test resulted as follows :—Beauty, calved June 12, 1887, aged 7£ years, gave 201bs milk in the morning, and lllbs in the evening ; got 10 points for udder, 8 points for cream, 13 points for time since calvinsf — total, 62. Dolly oalved January 5, 1887, Bi yeara, gave 14 and 41bs milk; got 8 points for udder, 20 for time, and 7£ cream; total, 53J. Lilly calved June 3, 1887, 8 years, 26 and 161bs milk; got 3 points for udder, 4 for cream, and 13 for time; total, 62. Jersey,calved July 10,1887, 5 years eld, 13£ and 13£lbs milk, got 6 points for udder, 4 for cream, and 10 for time; total, 47. Topsy, calved October 5, 1887, age —, 30 and 15£lbs milk, got 2 points for udder, U for cream, and 1 for time; total, 59J. Nellie, calred January 6, 1887, age —, 16£ and lO^lbs milk, got 4 points for udder, 4 for cream, and 20 for time; total, 55. As Beauty and Lily tied, the fact that the latter had been in calf 9 days prior to the others was taken into account, and the first prize given accordingly. SHEEP. Judges : Messrs Finlayson, Smale, and — Nicholson, jun. Leicester ram, 10s and champion medal —Mr H. Okey's ram Hampshire ram, 10s —Mr H. J. Honeyfield's (commended) Pen 3 Leicester ewes, with lambs, 10s — Mr W. F. Hoskin, 1. Pen (2), two-tooth Leicester ewes, 10s —Mr H. J. Honeyfield's pen, 1 ; Mr W. F. Hoskin's pen, highly commended. Pen (3), Shropshire ewes with lambs, 10s—Mr H. J. Honeyfiald's pen, 1. Pen (3), Hampshire Down ewes with •lamb, 10—Mr H. J. Honeyfield's pen, 1. PIGS. Judges : Same as for sheep. Boar, under 1 year, 10s—Mr W. F. Hoskin's boar, 1. Sow, under 1 year, 10s—Mr W. F. Hoskin's sow, 1. WOOL. Judges : Same as for sheep. Five fleeces, unwashed, long wool, 10s —Mr W.F. Hoskin, 1. He also took Mr N. King's special prize of £2 2a for best sample of unwashed crossbred wool. POULTRY. Judges: Messrs. H. J. Honeyfield and W. B. Davies. Dorkings, oock and hen, ss—Mrs S. Pitt, 1 Black Spanish, cock and hen, ss—Mrs —Mr James Hooker, 1 Brahmas, oock and hen, ss—Drs —Dr O'Oarroll, 1 Wyandottes, cock and hen, ss—Mrs —Mr H. D. Atkinson, 1 Plymouth Rocks, cock and hen, ss—Mrs —Mr W. J. Hasluck, 1 Langshan, cock and hen, ss—Mrs —Mr E. Marfell, 1 HoudaD, cock and hen, ss—Mrss —Mrs O. M. Kyngdon, 1 Rouen Ducks, drake and duck, ss—Mrs —Mr James Hooker, 1 Turkeys, cock and hen, ss—Mrss —Mrs O. M. Kyngdon, 1 DOGS. Judges: Messrs. H. J. Houeyfield and Nicholson. Sheep Dog, sb—Mr B. Okey's Jack, 1 Sheep Bitch, ss—Mr T. "C. Fowler's Flosri, highly commendod Setter Dog, ss—Mr W. Hately Don, 1 Pointer Dog, ss—Mrs —Mr J. fi. Clark's Ranger, 1 Retriever Dog, ss—Mr J. C. Davies' Friskey, 1 Retriever Bitch, ss—Mr. R. Welham's Rose, 1.