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The competition resulted in the school teams being- placed as 

 follows in order of merit : Fjlseiilmig, (xi-ootfonteiu, Glen, Potchef- 

 stroom. 



In the 1920 (!()m])elit ion the (xrootfontein team was first and 

 Elsenburg' team last. 



Student A. Starke, of Elsenhurg;, gained the greatest total 

 number of maiks, and Student Cloete, of Pot chef stroom, obtained 

 the highest numbei' of maiks in any class wilh 112 out of a ]tossiI)le 

 120 in the Friesland (lass. 



The rejjort of the judges was to the eftect that tlie stu(h'nts on 

 the Avhole showed that they had been well taught: theie were 

 (evidences, however, that their theoretical knowledge was better than 

 their i)ractical exi)erience ; in some cases it was apparoit that the 

 competitors were not sufficiently familiar with the characteristics of 

 l)erfect specimens of the breed, and that there was a tendency feu- 

 competitors to use stock phrases without having a clear notion of their 

 exact interpretation and application. 



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