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Timaru Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 3455, 24 October 1885, Page 3

stocking ; while the Becond horse is also a bay, with white points. Kantin Robin is all black, but ib hardly so well proportioned as the prize winners. Time o'Day also took the prize for tho best entire on the ground, thus securing the President's special prize of £5 ss. For the t»o-year-old entire colt class Mr A. Martin's Forfnrsliire, by Bunker, dam Princess — was too superior altogether for the only other exhibit, and no difficulty waa experienced m the judging. : The winner is a bay with white points, ■ nicely proportioned, and gives much promise of developing into a grand horse. The class for brood mares with progeny brought out a : trio, all good upstanding mares, possessed of ■ strong bone, well haired, and of grand quality. Violet, the property of Mr A. Hayes, secured the prize, Mr Murphy's Bonny coming second. For the brood mares m foal seven fine animals wero brought into the ring, and they were so well matched that more than half an hour was spent m judging them. Queen of the Bankers was properly fixed on as the best, as Mr Mathews had brought her out m the best of condition. Violet took third prize, and a well put together mare belonging to Messrs McGoverin and Hardy second. For dry mares Mr Mathews' Helen Macgregor was given pride of place, and for three-year-old fillies Mr Jas Breen's Miss Balfour. In the section foi two-year-old fillies and yearling fillies Hi George Morton took first prize, and m tli< classes for geldings ho and Messrs Black anc Green were equal. Tho thoroughbred anc hack classes were very fully represented. Mi M. Studholme's old favorite, Guy Fawkes, by Ravensworth — Fidget, again carried ofl the first prize for entires, Mr D. Gibson'i Hollywood, by Python — Butterfly, beinj second. Both horses were m the pink oi condition. Flatcatchor, by Guy Fawkes— Misfortune, the property of Mr McMahon was tho only entire colt shown, and tin judges thought so much of him that they gay( him a first prize. The brood mares were i poor lot and were not at all worlhy mates foi such horses as had been shown. For the besl weight-carrying hack up to 14 stone, Mr S Green's Belfast Boy was placed first; for th< best hack up to 11 stone, Mr F. M. Rickman'i Raincliff ; for tho best pony, Mr H. Middle 1 ton's Polly ; and for the best buggy horse Mr M. Studholme's Wizard. The class foi lady's hack brought seven horses to the judges, but to the shame of the ladies be it saic only one fair nominator trotted her horse intc the ring. The other horses had male riden up, and the way they wore their "habits' showed that they were not. too comfortable it the saddle. We think a rule should be made by the Association making it imperatively necessary that ladies' hacks must, when shown m the ring, have ladies m the pigskin. The first prize m this class was given to Raincliff, the mount the Jady vr&s on being placed second. For the best heavy weight hunter up to 14 stone, Mr L. Thyne's Kca was awarded first prize. He got over the timber m splendid style. Mr R. Skevington's Presto took first prize m the light weight hunter class, but his jumpiog was not near co good as Kea's. PIGS. Judgos — Messrs S. W. Leslio and R. Cole. As m 18S4, the gentlemen appointed tc award prizes m this most useful branch of a show, had but very little to do. Had tht classes been arranged properly m fact, thej would have dono their work m a few minutes, but the pigs got mixed somehow and had to bo reclassed. Mr J. Mclimpsej took first prize for tho best boar ; Mr A Hayes for the best brood bow and litter, and Mr F. if. Rickman for the best sow not twelve] months old. The pigs were very good specimens, and were m tip-top condition. IMPLEMENTS. Judges— Messrs W. J. Hardio and George Lawrie. This class was very poorly represented, only threo implements m nil being entered for competition. Mr W. J. Black's spring cart waa certainly well mado and finished m such a manner as did him great credit, but it was if anything rathor too light a trap to suit tho wants of the average farmer. In reapers and binders Messrs Priest and Holdgate of Timaru showed tho McCormick, and Twontyman and Cousin of Chrißtchurch the Howard. The former has been very much strengthened all through ; has been fitted with a new steel knife driving bur, and had all tho wearing parts much simplified and brus3-buahed, and the raising and lowering apparatus is so easily manipulated that it cannot be beaten. As to the Howard, it has been entirely remodelled and made much lighter m draught than of yore. The reaper gear is now outside the main wheel, and the knives are driven direct from the main gear, instead of by a rocking shaft. The binder is also much altered, and tho knotter is an entirely new ono and contains many improvements. Of the other implements (exhibition only), a cellular corn and seed separator wus much noticed by farmers, and tho work it did was thought very highly of. Messrs Reid and Gray exhibited a highly finished double-furrow plough, disc harrows and chaffcutter, all got up m that Btyle peculiar to them, and Mr J. H. Taylor exhibited a lnrge number o£ woll-mado ploughs, harrows, corncrushors, 40. Tho implements wore all first-class, but thoro was such a small quantity of thorn that comparatively fow people inepectod them. SUNDRIES. In addition to tho above, a very largo quantity of dairy produce, bacon, hams, bread, saddlory and boots wore shown, and tho tont m which they were grouped was fairly boseiged all day. In dniry produce Mrs E. Aitkenhead was given pride of place for fresh and salt butter, Mrs Anderson for fancy butter, und Misa Guiin for powdered butler. Tho hams and bacon were especially tasty-looking, and of such excellent quality ne sliould command a most ready sale. Of tho other articles, suffice it to say that all wero of the beat material anil workmanship.