A MASSIVE TROPHY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 19034, 11 June 1924, Page 8

A MASSIVE TROPHY

PURCHASED BY HON. D. F. WILBER. FOR MANAWATU A. AND P. ASSOCIATION. (From the Onenata Star, U.S.A.) One of the finest trophies ever seen in the city is the one now on exhibition at the store of R. E. Brigham, which the latter is supplying to Hon. David F. Wilber, former consul general of the United States at New Zealand, to be forwarded to the latter country and to be competed for by the Holstein Friesian breeders of that country annually. The subject consists of a massive silver vase with cover and mounted upon an ebony base and enclosed in a solid mahogany cabinet. The total height, including base, is 54$ inches. The vase is of Grecian outline, with ornamental handle, festoons of laurel leaves and borders of laurel leaves. The cover is surmounted by a silver model of a Holstein-Friesian bull, which has been coloured true to nature through the silversmith’s art in oxidizing the dark spots and in bringing out the pure white. This particular feature had to be made true to type and was specially modelled for this trophy, and it will prove the outstanding feature of the trophy to breeders, who will recognise its accuracy and perfectness.

The raised etching inscription on the side of the vase is:

“The Wilber Remembrance Trophy presented to Manawatu and West Coast A. and P. Association, Palmerston North, New Zealand, by Hon. David F. Wilber, Consul General, U.S.A., New Zealand, 1921-1923, for Best Friesian Group, consisting of Bull (over two years), aged cow', three years old, and two-year-old heifers. First Competition, November, 1924.” The trophy will be forwarded to New Zealand and will be retained by the association as a permanent exhibit at the exposition grounds. Mr Wilber will provide the association each year with a miniature or replica of the trophy, which will become the property of the winner for that year.

The generous gift of Mr Wilber is a token of appreciation for the numerous courtesies extended to him during his sojourn in that country. On four occasions he was the guest of the association and during his sojourn there the officiary were among his best friends. They rendered him valuable aid and the breeders of the black and white cattle were among his warmest personal friends. Upon his return to America, after his wide experience in the consular service, he expressed himself as cherishing a hearty regard not only for the country but for the people of New Zealand, and the trophy is in the bigger and broader sense an evidence of this esteem.

The Agricultural and Pastoral Association is one ,of the largest of the agricultural fairs of the country and is doing much to promote the industry. In forwarding a token of his regard for the people of the country, it was quite natural that he should turn to the breeders of the cattle in which he was for so many years actively interested in this country and that the association which had been his host on several occasions should be the medium of the presentation. The trophy, which is being much admired by all who see it, was secured from the William B. Durgin company, which substituted this design, the handiwork of Charles F. Simms, in competition with the designs of other manufacturers. Mr Wilber is to be congratulated upon the selection and Mr Brigham is naturally gratified it is so satisfactory to former Consul Genera] Wilber.

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