PEDIGREE BULLS

Waipa Post, Volume 47, Issue 3371, 23 September 1933, Page 7

PEDIGREE BULLS

TE AWAMUTU JERSEY CLUB'S SALE. A GREAT ARRAY OF ARISTOCRATS. When Te Awamutu Jersey Club inaugurated its annual sales of pedigree Jersey bulls same years ago it was predicted that the enterprise would meet with its own reward in that breeders in the neighbourhood would be encouraged to increasingly patronise the fixtures for the disposal of their best bulls. The fact that each year there has been an increased yarding is indicative of the correctness of this prediction, and this year the Club has secured an entry of just over 200 bulls, most of them yearlings. Some of them are of very high lineage combining not only the best butter-fat backing in the whole of New Zealand, but also type and conformation, so that quality and performance are two leading features. Added to this is a proviso that is sure to be also appreciated by buyers, prospective, and actual. We refer to the classification of the animals into to distinguish those entries that have butter-fat backing of an established standard from those which, though endowed with good breeding, Have not the backing that is considered requisite. This does not signify by any means that these latter are to be discarded as unsuitable for perpetuating the excellences of their forebears, for some of them at least have line-breeding that has earned awards in the show-ring for type and conformation, and also have butteri'at backing on one side of the pedigree. It should be noted that by the generosity of the auctioneering firms a judging competition will be held just prior to this year's sale, which, by the way, is to be held at Te Awamutu municipal sale yards on Wednesdaynext. The judging is to commence at 10 a.m., and animals for competition must be ready by that hour. Prizes will be awarded to the best yeaning bull and the best two-year-old bull. The Jersey Club offers a 5-guinea cup i'or the best yearling bull, in the opinion of the judges, provided the animal is sold by auction at the sale. The auctioneers will commence their duties immediately after tike judging has been completed, and the placed animlals in the competitions will be offered at 1.30 p.m., irrespective of the ; r allocation in the catalogue. As to the vendors, they represent the best-known and most successful breeders in the whole district, and many of the bulls are bred the same wqy as those that commanded most attention at previous sales..An official of the Club who has had opportunity of seeing nucst of the entries in the past fortnight or so expressed the opinion that this year's offering will be quite up to the standard of previous sales, and in same respects the average of excellence will be rather better. Mr G. S. Clarke has the largest entry with sixteen, eleven of them by tibe Island-bred champion sire, Beuveiande Ti,nv, and the ether five by a son of Beuvelande Tim from Beuvelande Flapper, a daughter of that good but-ter-fat producer, Te Ngutu Girlie. Beuvelande Victor's progeny are typacal of the Beuvelande breed, with splendid quality and conformation, and thus shou.d be in keen demand. Second en the list in point of numbers is Mr J. C. Montefiore, who offers thirteen. All were sired by Te Awa Fox, a wonderfully-bred bull of which great things are expected. He is a of imported Sunbeam's Sultan, which has sired several daughters with C.O.R. records of over 500 lbs fat as two-year-olds. Mr J. G. Holmes offers a dozen, four of them by HoFy Bank Soumise Cloud and three by Holly Bank Soumise Lord, these two bulls being sired by Hawkesbury Soumise Cloud, a son of Hawkesbury Golden Cloud. There are also -two by Hawkesbury Soumise Cloud, while the remaining three are all by good bulls, typey and good-con-stitutioned, with splendid butter-fat backing. Mr Holmes invariably presents his bulls in first-class condition, and they should appeal to prospective purchasers. . Mr J. Miclvor, of Paterangi, also had twelve entries, but one has since been withdrawn. Of the eleven remaining eight are by Prim's Distinction and the other three by his half-brother, Prim's Laddie, being from, that successful show-ring and butter-fat cow, Prim's Success. Prim's Distinction is the better-known sire, for he copipeted very successfully at several agricultural and pastoral shows, and as he already has a two-year-old representative with a C.O.R. record of 502 lbs fat shrewd buyers will be .coking f'sr young bulls from 'this l m e. . . , , i 'Mr J. Karl offers nine nicely-bred bulls, — S i x of them by Beuvelande Gay Knight, a comimanding son of imported Beuvelande Tim from the Rainbow King cow, Perfect Life. Two others are by Sunbeam's Masterman, a beau-tifully-bred bull whose grandsire was Masterful (imported). In fact, Sunbeam's Masterman is chock-full of imported blood, and he has imparted to his progeny many of the best characteristics of the' breed. Clcudlands General, sire of the other offering, gees back to No'ble Twylish and the best cows in the famed Pencarrow herd. , „ . Mr Hamilton Allen, the indefatigable and enterprising president of the Jersey Club, has a yarding of eight, two of them by Oxford's Baron, foui by Baron Aster of Woodcrest, and two by Gay Aster of Woodcrest. The two last-named are sons of Oxford's B:<ron, a great show-ring bull whose grandsire was You'll Do's Victor, while on the dam's side all have splendid butter-i'at backing. Mr Allen has bred bis stock judiciously, choosing suitable mates for his cows to perpetvate the best qualities of production and >tvpe. . The on'jy other vendor with eigjat or more entries is the estate of the late James ShaW. of Paterangi. Nine of them are by Waipiko Joy King, a very prepotent grandson of Mercedes Prince and that great cow Vivandiere, a former world's champion, when she produced 1036 lbs fat in 365 days. The whole nine bulls are from the best cows in the Shaw herd, and therefore they come worthily recommended. The other two are by Te Awa Fox (already referred to) and Kihikihi j Alimada'le Lord, a highly-bred youngsire.

Among the other vendors are Messrs E. H. Bowman (Paterangi), A. D. Brough (MangapikoV J. Buchanan (Pirongia-), Candy Bros. (Pokivru),

H. R. Clarke (Pokuru), A. G. Coxhead (Te Rore), A. Ferguson (Pukeatua), Geo. Finch (Paterangi), H. Focke (Te Rahu), I. Haire (Te Awamutu), A. J. Johnson, E. R. Johnson, and J. T. Johnson'(all.of Pirongia), G. W. Johnson (Hairini), I. J. Kerr (Korakoniv.), Co 1 in and D. McDonald (both of Korakonui), C. S. McLean (Te Kawa), G. A. Mills (Ngahinapouri). Mrs M. North (Ohaupo Road), Mrs E. Orr (Kcrakonui), Mrs H. C. Parker (Hairini), Messrs H. de L. Peake (Hairini), J. Quinlan (K'.hikihi), F. J. B. ,R.yburn (Paterangi), H. Sqyrnour (Ohaupo), Chhajja .Singh (Paterangi), A. Struthers (Te Mavvhai), Tarr Bros. (Paterangi), F. H. Terry (Korakonui), and G. and H. Wellington (Te Awamutu).