WELLINGTON AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL, AND PASTORAL EXHIBITION

Wellington Independent, Volume XVII, Issue 1797, 27 November 1862, Page 3

WELLINGTON AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL, AND PASTORAL EXHIBITION

Yesterday was a great holiday in Wellington ; S f vei ;y S W was closed ; business in XdSv ° reS Was enthel y and thfLlvl y n° Ile Seemed determinid to enjoy Exhibition" '' HortlO «»»tu«>. and Pastoral fnlTv he fi Weallier 1OU S hout Ac day was beautifully .fine, a nice cool breeze pervading the atmosphere, cousequently there was a « e »t attendance both a t the yards of £ r Hunierand the Odd Fellows' Hall? The^a^^t Jf the show was complete, and the elertions of indefatigable. The honorary

secretary. Mr. H. Wallace, deserves much praise for the manner in which he conducted the business connected with his department; for it required no small amount ol patience to listen to the complaints of many non-successful competitors. • Host M'Kinnon of the New Zealander had provided an excellent dinner for the visitors to thc> show, which (although notice was not given of the fact) was done ample justice to; nor must we forget to mention Mr. Lowry, of the Nag's Head, who provided a comfortable collation for his friends. Mr. Homer, with praiseworthy liberality, also placed his stables free of charge, entirely at the disposal of country visitors and exhibitors. We will now lake a walk through the various yards. First on the list we must mention THE HORSES. In this part of the exhibition there was de--1 cidedly an inferior show, whether from want ofj publicity or not we cannot say, but at any rate] the show of horses was not so successful as might have been expected bad more time been given. A very splendid entire "Antidote,'" which by the way gained the first prize, engaged much attention ; as did also a cbesnut mare bred in the colony by H. St. Hill, Esq. The following 1 are the prizes awarded in this class : — CLASS 1. " Antidote," imported entire, shown by W. LurtUj— first prize. Cheanut mare,-bred in the colony, shown by H. St. Hill,— first prize. Cream colored mare, shown by Mr. Hickson — second prize. Brown colt, shown by the same gentleman, — extra prize. CLASS 2. " Black Prince," entire, foaled in the colony , exhibited by W. Lunn,— first prize. Colonial bred grey mare, exhibited by John Leech,— first prize. Black cart gelding, by Samson out of an imported mare, exhibited by E. W. Mills, — first prize , j CLASS 3. Black mare, out of imported mare, J. & T. Kebbell, — first prize. extra pbizb. Piebald Pony ; A. Gillies, Esq., — first prize. CATTLE. There was not a very good show of cattle (numerically speaking) but those that were exhibited were of a very good class; we noticed particularly a small cow, the owners of which we have not been able to learn, that attracted _ our attention as peculiarly adapted for this country ; small and well propo.rtioned, in fact, perfect in every point that makes a " poor man's cow." The award of the judges is as follows: — Seo. i I. Roan bull, A. McMaster,— first prize 4. Dark strawberry bull, W. B. Rhodes, -second prize. 3. Strawbery bull, J, Tully,— third prize. 4. Strawberry bull calf, W. B- Rhodes,— fourth prize. 6. Darkred cow, N. Valentine.—first prize. 6. Strawberry cow, W. Luna, — second prize. 7. White heifer, A. McMaster, — first prize, 7. White heifer, A, McMaster, — second prize. 9. Strawberry bull calf, J. Tully,- first prize. 10. Heifer, J. Tully, first prize. 11. Fat bullock, J. H. Barber, — first prize, SHEEP. The exhibition of this class of animals did infinite credit both to the importer and breeder. There were several pens exhibited whicb would have done justice to an English show. More particularly we may mention a pen exhibited by Mr. G. Hunter, comprising two rams (Cotswold) imported from Melbourne ; 1 do. imported from England ; 1 Leicester and Lincoln, 1 Cheviot ram, and 2 half-bred Cotswold's, whicb comprised all the good qualities to be found in sheep. Another pen (No. 30) attracted much attention ; it consisted of 4 imported Negretti rams, bred by J. R Hoffschkger, Esq., Mecklenburgh, and exhibited by Mr. Hunter. Another fine pen . was No. 1, containing 3 merino rams, bred in the colony, and exhibited by Mr. M'Masters. Pen 23 displayed some fine black faced yearling ewes ; and 32 was an excelleut pen of Southdowns, bred in New Zealand, and exhibited by Mr. Hunter. The prizes allotted by the Judges were as follows: — CLASS I.— Mbbinos. Seo. 1. Ram, G. Hunter,— first prize. 2. Ram, A. M'Masters, — first prize. 3. Ewe, G. Hunter,— first prize. 4. Ewes, (5) G. Hunter,— first prize. CLASS 2. — Leicestebs. Seo. 1. Ram, G. Hunter,— first prize. 2. Kara, G. Hunter, — first prize. .4 Ewes, (3) Thomas Mason, first prize. CLASS 3. Sec. 1. Ram, G. Hunter,— first prize. 3. Ewe, 4. Ewes (5) „ ;; 5. Wethers (5) D. Brown, Porirua, — first prize. 6. Yearling Ewes, (5), G. Hunter,— first prize. 8 and 9. Five wethers and five ewes, John Howe, — first prize. CLASS 4. — Southdowns. Seo. 1. Ram, G. Hunter,— first prize, 2. Ram, John Howe,— first priae. 3. Ewe, G. Hunter, — first prize. i 4. Ewes (5) „ „ ! 6. Yearling ewes (5) „ 7. Yearling wethers „ CLASS 5. Seo. 1. Ram, G. Hunter, -first prize. 3. -Ewe v 4. Ewes (5) „ CLASS 6. Seo. 3. Ewe, J. Sellars,— first priare: 4. Ewes, (5) George Hunter,— first prize. \ PIGS. ! There was a splendid collection of pigs exhibited ; and of a class superior to what we had anticipated meeting; amongst them was a splendid sow, bred in Ne-w Zealand and exhibited by Mr. Hunter, and a sow and pigs exhibited by Mr. Luxford. The prizes were : — LARGE BREED. Seo. 2. White sow, bred in colony, G. Hunter,— first prize. 8. Black and white spotted sow, and five pigs, C. E. Luxford,— first priae. SMALL BREED. Seo. 2. White sow, bred in colony, John Leech,— first prize. 2. Black sow, bred in colony, G. Hunter, — second prize. 1. Black boar, R. Bould,— first prize. POULTRY. There was but a meagre supply of poultry, the only coops attracting attention were those exhibited by Mr. B. Collins, viz: speckled Harabro's, and Spanish fowls. The ducks required a n few green peas " to relish them at all. " The awards are .-■- See. 3. Ducks, G. Hunter, — first prize 4. Speckled fowls, R. Collins, — extra prize 4. Spanish fowls, R. Collins,— first prize 5. Dorking fowls, G. Hunter, — first prize. RABBITS. 1 coop, William Riddier, — first prize