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THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
The Royal Show, 
The annual live stock show of the 
Royal Agricultural Society of South Aus- 
tralia was held atthe Jubilee Exhibition 
Ground, Adelaide, 
week in September, and for the first 
during the second 
three days ideal weather conditions pre- 
yailed, On the last day rain fell, but 
too late to interfere with the great suc- 
cess of the show. Entries in the sheep 
and poultry sections were particularly 
good, the horses were fair, but cattle were 
numerically weak. The attendance was 
a record. 
In the shorthorn classes, the Angus 
Stud had not to face any opposition. 
Every animal exhibited came from that 
famous herd, and all the prizes, therefore, 
went to them, and the reputation of the 
breed suffered nothing in consequence. 
Connaught 23rd was the bull selected for 
champion honors, Rose of Connaught 
40th, by Beverley Duke 30th, being the 
best of the females. 
In the Herfords, Mr Phillip Charley 
battled things out withthe Angas Hstate. 
On the average there were only a couple 
of entries in each class, most of the 
ribbons going tothe latter. The Angas 
bull, Spark 35th, was champion of his sex, 
and the Angas cow, Mayflower 16th, 
champion of hers, 
There were but two classes in the 
polled section, the winner of the bulls 
_ being shown by Pbillip Charley, aud the 
cows by John Lewis. Ayshires and 
Jerseys were the only milking breeds to 
make any sort of display, but even they 
The best 
of the Ayrshire bulls was W. T, Burgess’s 
Hurricane, by Jamie of Oakbank, and of 
the cows Sir J. L. Stirling’s Design of 
Oakbank. Sir J. L. Stirling took the 
majority of firsts, the only classes in 
which he was beaten being the aged bulls 
and the two-year-old cows and heifer 
calves, 
were not strong in numbers. 
The winners 
classes were Mr W, T. Burgess in the 
first and second, and Mrs A. A. Mortimer 
in the third. What Jerseys there were 
were very good, the champion bull, Black 
Antimony, shown by Mr Alick J. Murray 
being an exceptionally fine animal. In the 
aged class, Mr W. B. Rounsevell’s 
in these three ~ 
October 1, 1908. 
Navigator was second to Black Antimony, 
Ason of the champion, entered by tho 
Roseworthy Agricultural College, won 
the following class. Mrs A. A. Mortimer’s 
eniry was successful in two-year-olds, 
and Mr W. B. Rounsevell’s Golden Car- 
nation, by the imported Car nation Vox, 
secured the awards for the calves. When 
the cows were brought out for judgment 
Mr Murray again took the champion- 
ship with Dina 4th, which beat Mr 
H. C. Wright’s Trixie for first place in 
the aged class. Mr Wright, however, 
had better Inck in the three-year olds, 
while the two remaining firsts went 
to E. Laughton and Cox. 
Half-a-dozen stallions competed for the 
draught stock championship, and the se- 
Hill 
Bros,’ Ian Hamilton. last year’s winner, 
lection was by no means easy. 
Southern Star, belonging to the same 
exhibitor, and Fiizgerald Bros’ Sir Hector 
MacDonald were finally left in to fight 
out the* contest. The first-named was 
clearly showing his age, and the com- 
petition narrowed down to the other two. 
Southern Star was given the preference. 
The champion has a fine head and car- 
riage, and a splendid neck, and altogether 
is a very even horse. Fitzgerald Bros. 
got a first and second in the four-year-old 
class, the winners in the other classes 
respectively being A. W. Davidson, James 
Hay, and James Bodey. The champion- 
ship for mares went to Fitzgerald Bros, 
Hill Bros. taking first and second for 
mares in foal, J. C. Colebatch first for 
dry mares or fillies, Hill Bros. first for 
three-year-old fillies, and J. M. and EH. 
K. O’gullivan first for two-year-olds. 
There were no yearling entries. There 
was a good sprinkling of Suffolk Punches. 
Canowie Pastoral Company showed the 
champion stallion, the competition right 
through being confined to that stud, and 
thé animals exhibited by Norman Brook- 
man. ‘The latter took four firsts and the 
former three, including the champion- 
ship. Entries for pigs numbered 40, 
Berkshires, as usnal, predominating. 
Both champion boar and sow were of 
that breed, and they belonged to the 
Roseworthy Agricultural College. James 
Eddy and H. C. Wright otherwise were 
the principal winners. 
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The ram championship this year went 
to Messrs E, ©. and J. L. Stirling’s. 
stud, while Mr Alick Murray annexed 
the ewe championship. 
The first, second and third places in 
the three and a half year ram class were 
qgaken by Messrs E. O. and J. L. Stirling, 
Murray Bros obtaining first in the two 
and a half year division, Mr Alick 
Murray second, and Mr W. G. Mills 
third, For one and a half year Mr BE, A. 
Thomas got a first anda third, and Mr 
Alick Murray a second. Mr W. G. 
Mills beat Murray Bros in the one and 
a half year class, In the corresponding 
ages for ewes the respective winners 
were :—Murray Bros 1, Alick Murray 2,. 
E.C. and J. L, Stirling 3, Alick Mur- 
dock land 2, Angas Trustees 3, Alick 
Murray 1, 2, and 3,and #. C. aud J. L. 
Stirling, 1, 2, and 3. 
Ih the farmers’ flocks the first prize- 
winners were Messrs George Day, John. 
Shepherd (two), W. G. Mills, and C. 
Shepherd. For Lincolns both cham- 
pionships were given to W Richardson’s 
entries, and that breeder secured the 
majority of firsts. Mr Joseph Grundy 
ran him close in most instances, beating 
him for ewes over two and a half years, 
In Shropshires Sir Samuel Way took the 
and Mr Richard 
Smith the ewe. Two other successfuy 
exhibitors were Messrs Eversley Thomas 
and William Verco. 
ram championship, 
The Southdown championships were 
taken by the Roseworthy Agricultural 
College and Mr. H. Smith. Mr G: 
Saurbier’s name also figured frequently on 
the prize-list. Messrs Norman Brook- 
man and Leslie Johnson showed promi- 
nently in Dorset Horns, the latter taking 
three of the four first awards. The 
former won the championship. 
Mr A. S. Fotheringham pretty well! 
had a monopoly of the English Leicesters, 
taking all the first and second prizes. In 
the Border Leicesters (two classes) Mr 
K, J. Hector obtained first for rams, and 
W. Coombe first for ewes. 
The hunters’ events were well patro- 
nised. 
There were some excellent industrial 
displays at the exhibition building. 
