CORRESPONDENCE. [We do not oeeetnrily enr1or»e t^o opiniom expressed by our correijwndenU.J

Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 240, 22 November 1873, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE. [We do not oeeetnrily enrlor»e t^o opiniom expressed by our correijwndenU.J

(To the Editor of the Waikato Times.) Sir, — A few days since, a loiter of mine Appeared in ibe Auckland newspaper* complnining of a mistake in yarding ft. & E. Maclean's shorthorn cows at the 1«!« cnttle thow, whereby some of them lost the opportunity of competing fur thn pr'zes ; t h<* judges and stewards could liars rectified thi* injustice nt the tune liv 1 they chosen to do so. I d-» not know who the judges were for pat fie, Hr Ru<t'« o^ame i* printed in the catalogues, hut he tolii mt he hud never bt">n n*k dj and Mr Cox, of the Waikato, wn prevented 'fr*»rt being present to set an judge untti altar Ihe decision in mo>t cluhm>* had been completed. I know Mr Badly, nt steward nl*o Beted as j'lrlge, m h» vu beard to say to Mr Graham tvnd other judges, when looking &t Baron Wetherby, that lie wni a bnd color, and thnt ho w»i» a bhu\ with other di»* nantging remarks, quite untruo, us for instance the bull i* n rare rich ronp. Mr Ma*on, who exhibi'cd a bull, alto acted (iftjiidgp, nn<l him lienrd to ttll the otlier juJws t »at 9th Colonel Treguntrr, for very cogent reason*, whs not fntitted* to Mr Morriis's promiuin, &c. Sir.— l protest auam-it itewnrd^ offenn£ ditparaging opinion* to tlte juci^e* ; I protest florist rtevtardt allowing exhibitor* to earwig the judge! when looking at^ m»l nnnnal*. I Tenturi«d in my letter to complain oftheaward of l»t priz.»toMe**ri«Giibbiti's bull ; — here I shall Ihit.-, no doubt, your piper «nd nil W i kalo rtfiftin^t me You rimy say wliut you pletue in coinmondiition of thost' gentlenien; t'tpyarowttUri [ mott h'tthly re»pect, mid their esteem t shall bo aorrjr to lose ; but I fail to undfis'ond why my criticising ttte awird to their bnli should be considered an affront to tliein, and I will not accept such n. construction. In tht> catalogue of animals linn 10.l to tho judget for their guidance, thero is not a wor 1 of description of Mr Oubbin's bull, und in tlie same cat«locijo prdix^fP* »er« given of three other bulls in competition one of them from the English Hand*book, and I maintain on t.hnt account Mr Oubbms' w« not worthy to compete in nuch comimny without pedigree If Mr Grubbinn' bull hnd been ten times as goo-J look'ne, if perfection in contour, he bli-iuUI har<> no clinn-c. If Colitnga' Comof, the Towjley Butterfly, Booth's Commnndcr-in c'ncf, or bate*' Sgwnth Duke of York, the Unest shorthorn bulls of the last &rentv venrs had bpen shown in cOmpetitioti, wit »out pedigree, they should have no chance for a prise tsrninut authenticated pe r lis;ree bull-. I don't sny Mr Qubbm< ball d')ea not \>n suss erery roquoitp, nnd a pedigree; that is nutthe qucsti-m; it is thnt tlio ju lijes at the lato show lud no «m>h d»ta, and thfir award i« absurd. A bull or a bleed hoi>e is raluole«s without pedigree,, the more intense and unbroken tliestnun o r blood the better, Mpeo'sily to put with mongrel stock A bull is only raluablpforhis prepotency, which a true linpn^c onlj entures. 25r.ii B iron Wetlierby's origin and dtsoent I can trace for a hundred jfar^ j he wa« placed at the show between two older anJ larger bulls, and was net^r loiked at by a judge; he hin n skin like* mole, and h« %t< aerer touched. Itm ylact rather than sorry thuttho prtto foot to Wailato ; I Stlmiri 1 Mr Gubbius' pluck in co mnu no far ; I am pl«»a«ed tliat Mr Cruickshank won with hi» etock ; he is one of the few fiat no in for s'igrt horns With spirit. In my letter totlse lipwspnpen, I appenr to reflect on his nntintls, but I liftd no ouch intention ; I did not flunk of him when uritind itit letter. In conclusion, I beg to say that if O'i«* cows hal been allowed to compete in tluur o!hs^ and if pedi gre« bulls had won lhe pnze«, (e»en if nnsiiecpufu^ not vrord or line of complaint «ould hure been lunrd frotn ive, — Youn rerj truly, Erstir Maclbak. P.S. — I referred to \Tr R. Proudc's pedigr^p *»ock in mr letter to tho Atickhind new^p-iper-!. lhe sire of his bull beat 29 of the finest shorthorn hull* in England at t!ie Royal Show, nt Manchester, \n 18(50. Mr P. b)i» juiV o»ute in feeling aggriofed as w<>lUi« H- nnd E. M«