The sixth annual Show of the Society was successfully held on Saturday on the Race Course, The weather was bright, but there was a fairly large attend-f visitors, who apparently took a very en interest in the exhibits, and particularly in the pony leaping competition, Some 87 entries had been received in the closees, being considerably in excess The leaping contest attracted the customary amount of attention, but somehow or other it did not appear particularly goud. En Avant and Puritan were markedly superior to the other competitors, and it was early apparent that they were the two animals likely to demauid the judges' greatest attention, Puritan was particularly good it the fences, and En Avant at the water jump, the latter eventually securing the first prize for the b.st general performance. The tandem driving
of Me, RW. Shaw, in Class 5, and Mr. wane very pretty display, and the victories "Frank" in Class 6 evidently gave satisfaction to the on-lookers, The latter gentleman gave ay exceedingly clever exhibition of driving, his handling of Cheeky and Clauiky, the pretty black pair, being pleasure to see. In the dog classes, the whole had a comparatively fox terriers were a fair lot, the English pointers poor, and the retrievers very good. In the 1 1 dogs division, Me. Harry Maitland secure well deserved first with a fine bull-dog, Bully Boy. The poultry classes. were of high average excelleves, The Langshans by Mr. George Cameron were really nungnificent birds, and it is pretty safe to any that they would have secured prizes at any show at home. Had the show been held some six week later they would have been in still better form, but of course thut arrangement was impossible.
There would have been many more exhibits but for the cold, which the small dogs, particularly seemed to feel very een append a list of the officials by whom was conducted, but it should be mentioned that the general management was undertaken by Mr. B, A. Clarke, who worked very hard to ensure success, Committee. Messrs. John Macgregor, lent;"R. E. Bredon, H. W. Daniel, J.B. Cameron, 0. Beurmann, E. P. Wick: ham, F. J. Maitland, J. Ward Hall, and Mayne; B. A. Clarke, Hon, Treasurer Ayscough, Hon. Sec. Horse and Pony Division; A. KO. Jones, Hou. Sec. Dog and Poultry, ete., Division.
Fudges:—HBorse and Pony Division,—Messrs. R. E. Bredon, H. W. Daniel, J. Ward Hall, R. de' Malherbe, J. Fearon, C.J. Dudgeon, H. Lehmann, A. Borkill, Dr. Henderson, F. J, Maitland, Cecil Holliday, and J. B. Cameron; W. G. Moore, in charge of Telegraph.
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