AGRICULTURAL SHOWS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13728, 19 October 1908, Page 5

AGRICULTURAL SHOWS.

i:xtiu i:s for- maxawatu. Per PrPKs Association. PALMKRSTOX X., Oct. 18. f«sv t tie liv«> stock division of |1„. .Maimvatu A. and P. Show (wl»cl> sliivji, *'attlc. <U»gs • nwl [xiultni closed on Friday.' Ilto <ntriirj total 660,' cattle 230 ami horse* 270. In the ling < vcuu thm» arc 35 competitors in the maiden liniUors (lady liilersj. For tli'* lmnt-.-rs' on the second day there are 15 ontrios for the leaping coiniH'titioiis, 22 entries for the steeplechase .style, and ~jo for the ladi V challenge cup and for tlit* r* l .st. *the cojtnpctitiniirl, such as ladies riding ami drjvinvr. there about 40 entries, fit flic pig classes the entries munlcc aliyut. 70 and for dogs about. ~>CO. These figures ar>imly appir.xim.tic as many piist. entries ttili li,- tetsiv.'d and further number* tiro exp.'ited after the llmvke's Hay plow. Tli- implement, ceclion will cover iihnuU 40.CC0 feet and the public school* :uid industries will take «p alwiut 5000 mjuuw l et of wall npnoe. THI-: TIM All L' Sltow. S A TIS FAI .TO 11V KXTIIIKS. Tli - entries for th- forthcoming Timsru shove an- comitlK ill W ii. The f«t»I-1. to. ihe principal ilas>e.< closed on S-it,unlay, but <ntrics by letter posted on that day are accepted. Tiic numlKrji are ill i.for.- only approXiiii.in- to lh> cue pie;.- lists, i'liu entries of «Jkcj» jvwivwl ale alii-ady <lO ill <-3tie»s <>t 1i:... • <>! f I year. The entry of cattle, about 20, msi-i l.« incr-av-d by or it. will be !.-»s ili.hi last year. I'if}* k> far nuinl>er ?lt; last year tliero wero only two or I'ise,. entries. ljitri<s for horse 1 , do not b.-'fl tjil to uioirovv. Th v have lwn ( r.iniiirr in «cll, and if, as i* «'XpecSf(t, the «[w-*i:il facilities aifunlftl by «nrty hi I ! •!(• *!>•• I; traif't tin -..ni:i ern <• iti Miow llay am taken adrantago of, li<■*.' I hotild b;. a . oil).;.!. •.all!-- addi'ion !i-- ii.-al by !«nh( r «i.s sit -i from Ojinunt tltd way ftauoiis. This train. leaving i.unaru «.uly in the motion'..', and rt* timing at liii'ht r'?i"ti!d lw a «(»«! itt- ' II! IV •• own. t» i.f t-vtjib:! I -I' to.-), . did th in s«> Titn.iru. A gtxxl f»»" nitric* .!■■ .<!•.•> ■ sj'-e.'icl from Ashbunoii. Oiher rli.-c niiitr.oc, . vcep!. for i/no •i ran <•( the r'.mjx-iiii.ni' <lriving, jvonv !..' atl'l JKijiv jump —« hirh arc jort Cl|. I'. .