CAMBRIDGE SHOW

Waikato Independent, Volume XL, Issue 3677, 7 March 1940, Page 4

CAMBRIDGE SHOW

SPECIAL CENTENNIAL EFFORT TOMORROW AND SATURDAY i Although conditions are mo*re difficult than they were last year, the Centennial Show of the Waikato Central Agricultural Association tomorrow and Saturday promises to be an outstanding success. Large attendances have been a feature of shows already held in the Waikato and in view of the special Centennial significance attached to the Cambridge Show, gate takings should be well ahead of last year. Tomorrow is cattle judging day, but the programme includes many features that will be of interest. Apart from awards being made for dairy cattle, draught horses, and home industries, the fascinating sheep dog trials will be run. Judging will be comriienced at 10 a.m. tomorrow with the Champion Dairy Cow. The champion dairy heifer entries will parade in the ring at 1 p.m.

Saturday is definitely "People's Day," when local residents and visitors from all parts of the Wai-

kato assemble to witness the spectacular display of horses and cattle and join in the general "fun of the fair." Judging in the various sections will commence on the second day as follows: 9.30 a.m., hacks and hunters; 10 a.m., draught stallions; 10 a.m., ponies (No. 2 ring); 10 a.m., grade cattle, fat cattle, sheep and pigs; 11 a.m., calf club classes. At 1 p.m. the three finalists in Ihe sheep dog trials will run off, and the grand parade of all stock will be held at 2 p.m.. The two trotting races have at-

tracted the largest entries for many \ years. An innovation is the different limits for each event. The first race at 2.30 p.m. is for maiden pacers and the second at 3.15 p.m. for intermediate pacers. The stake money is £26, which is exceptional for such a fixture, and the races should be keenly contested. On Saturday there will also be a ribbon parade, run under the auspices of the Hamilton Kennel Club. Mr W. F. O'Donnell, the wellknown Auckland judge, will make the awards. There will be the usual home industry displays, and numerous sideshows and trade exhibits. A comprehensive catalogue has been printed at the Waikato, Independent Office and will be on sale today at 1/- a copy. It contains the full list of all entries, including the fields for the two trotting races.

REVIEW OF ENTRIES • HORSES AND CATTLE UP An increase in entries in the horse and cattle sections is one of the satisfactory features of the show. Had the sheep and pig entries been better, the total would have been well up on last year. Details of the entries are as follows, with the two previous years' figures for comparison:

HORSES 1940 1939 1938 Thoroughbreds 3 8 5 Hacks 123 103 118 Carriage, harness 18 11 4 Hunters 128 143 176 Draughts 45 46 - 52 317 311 356 CATTLE 1940 1939 1938 Shorthorns 33 46 30 Friesians 107 89 81 Jerseys 134 158 115 Ayrshires 42 40 37 Special Classes 32 22 10 Calf Club 72 53 70 Fat Cattle 17 20 11 437 426 354 SHEEP 1940 1939 1938 Southdowns 39 58 41 Romney 25 17 10 Pet Lambs 7 8 11 Fat Sheep 3 ' 74 15 106 62 PIGS 1940 1939 1938 Berkshires 13 16 18 Tamworths 5 10 14 Large Whites 9 23 7 Fat Pigs 21 42 33 48 91 72