AGRICULTURAL SHOWS.
THE AUCKLAND EXHIBITION. [Press Association.J AUCKLAND, Nov. 27. Splendid weather favored the Auckland A. and P. Society’s show, which wag opened to-day. The entries constituted a record, and the attendance was exceptionally large. In the lightweight hunters’ competition, J. Graham’s Creila .secured the prize; and the heavy-weights went to E. T. Bent’s Tom Burns. J. W. Dalton’s Markham was adjudged the best lady’s hunter, and D. Gorrie’s Skipper the hest wire jumper. Championships were awarded as follows: Horses: Draught stallion, E. J. Heed’s Desford Day Boy; mare, W. F. Massey’s Lady Blythe. Cattle: horns, Win. Taylor; Holsteins, Spencer Robinson; Ayrshires, Mental Hospital; Jerseys, Willis Bros. Sheep: Lincoln, ram, J. R. McEllwain ; English Leicester's, J. R. Corrigan ; Romney Marsh, Ernest Short; Border Leicester, J. R. Corrigan -.Southdown, Ruakura Farm; Sliropshires, J. R. Corrigan. Pigs : Berkshire boar, Mental Hospital ; breeding sow, P. Crosby; Tam worth boar, S. Willard; sow, G. W. Luxton.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2360, 28 November 1908, Page 5
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152AGRICULTURAL SHOWS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2360, 28 November 1908, Page 5
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