THE AUCKLAND SHOW

Waikato Times, Volume 88, Issue 13649, 1 December 1917, Page 4

THE AUCKLAND SHOW

OPENING DAY AWARDS.* By Telegraph—Special to Times. AUCKLAND, Friday. The twenty-seventh annual show of the Auckland Agricultural and Pastoral Association was opened at the Campbell Showgrounds to-day. The exhibits this year in some of the sections are more numerous than usual. In the section devoted to horses the blood stock is noticeably absent, with the exception of a couple of entries, but saddle and harness horses are well in evidence, and form a striking display. The section devoted to cattle is a strong one. and Shorthorns, Friesians, Ayrsin res and Jerseys are ail well represented by seme very fine types. Sheep are not a particularly strong section, but the quality shown is aliove reproach in the majority of the classes, and'would be hard to beat in any show in New Zealand. There is a fair showing of •js. and some fine types of Berkshires, Devons, and Tam worths have been penned. The section devoted to home industries and that devoted to horticultural exhibits are exceptionally good, and among the most interesting features of the show. The Kennel Club's exhibition of dogs, too, is a strong feature, and there is a continual stream of visitors to the huge marquee in which the dogs are boused. There are numerous other features of interest about the fixture, all of which combine to place it in that happy position where success is almost to a certainty assured. The following are the principal awards gained by Waikato exhibitors:— HORSES. Thoroughbred Entire, best calculated to improve the breed of saddle horses: H. Weal's Sylvite 1. Boys' pony: W. Eastwood's Tot 1. Heavyweight hack up to 14st: H. Manuel's Kia Ora 1, W. T. Carr's Jock 2. CATTLE. Fat cattle: Cow, any breed: J. D. P. Morgan 1. Pedigree Ayrshires: Cow in milk: C. C. Buckland 1. Heifer, 3yrs, in milk: C. C. Buckland 1. SHEEP. Fat Sheep: Pen of three longwool wethers: F. R. Sedden 1 and 3, Pen of, three Down wethers: F. R. Seddon 1 and 2. Pen of three longwool ewes: F. R. Seddon 1 and 4. Pen of three Down ewes: F. R. Seddon, 1 and 2. Pen of three wethers: F. R. Seddon, 1 and 4; A. N. Dingle 3. Romney Marsh.—Ram, under 18 months: C. C. Buckland 2. Pen of three rams under 18 months: C. C. Buckland 4. Ewe, over 30 months: C. C. Buckland 1 and 3. Three ewes, under 30 months, suckling lambs: C. C. Buckland 1. Ewe, under 30 months suckling lamb: C. C. Buckland 4. Pen of two ewes, under 18 months: C. C. Buckland 4. PIGS. Berkshires: Boar, over 2 yrs: E. J. Rogers (Ngaruawahia) 1, Chilcott and Webby (Frankton Junction) 2. Boar, under 2yrs: Chilcott and Webby 1, E. J• Rogers 2, A. Rogers (Nganiawahia) 3. Boar, under 14 months: E. J. Rogers I, A. Rogers 2. Boar, under 6 months: Chilcott and Webby 1 and 2. Breeding sow, over 6 months: A. Rogers 2, E. J. Rogers 3. . Sow, under 6 months: Chilcott and Webby 1, E. J. Rogers 2, A. Rogers 3. Group of 6 weaned pigs A E. J. Rogers 1. Yorkshires': Boar, over 2yrs: E. J. Rogers 1, Boar, under 2yrs: E. J. Rogers 1. Boar, under 14 months: E. J. Rogers 1, A. Rogers 2. Boar, under 6 months: A. Rogers 1, E. J. Rogers 2. Breeding sow, over 12 months: E. J. Rogers 1. Sow, over 6 months: E. J. Rogers 1 ,A. Rogers 2. Sow, under 6 months: A. Rogers 1, E. J. Rogers 2. Group of 6 weaned pigs: E. J. Rogers

Devons.—Boar, over 1 year: E. J. Rogers 1 and ch. Breeding sow, over 12 months: A. Rogers 1, and ch. E. J. Rogers 2. Sow, over sjx months: E. J. Rogers 1, A. Rogers 2. Sow, under 6 months: A. Rogers 1, E. J. Rogers 2. Tamworths: Roar, over 1 year: E. J. Rogers 1 and ch, A. Rogers* 2. Boar, under 14 months: E. J. Rogers 1, A. Rogers 2. Boar, under six months: E. J. Sogers 1 and 2, A. Rogers 3. Breeding sow, over 12 months: A. Rogers 1 and ch, E. J. Rogers 2. Sow, over six months: E. J. Rogers 1, A. Rogers 2. Sow. under six months: E. J. Rogers 1. A. Rogers 2 and 3. Sow, with litter of E. J. Rogers 1, A. Rogers 2. Six weaner pigs: A. Rogers 1. Any other breed: Pig, suitable for butcher: E. J. Rogers 1, A. Rogers 2. Bacon pig: A. Rogers 1, E. J. Rogers 2. Three store pigs: A. Rogers 1, E. J. .Rogers 2. Three breeding sows and boar : E. J. Rogers 1.