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The Show at Murrurundi.
[BY TELEGRAPH FROM OUR OWN REPORTER]
Murrurundi, Wednesday.
The annual show of the Murrurundi Pastoratal
and Agricultural Society began to-day in de-
pressing circumstances. The previous night was
dull and cloudy after light rainfalls, and Wednes-
day morning was not the sort to induce visitors to
come from a distance. The attendance was small
in comparison with previous years, and many
classes showed the effects of the advanced season.
Blood horses were fair, and D. and G. Hall's
Stockwell won, with G Loder's Lord of the Valley
next. All round mares were bad, but G. Loder's
Baroness and J. Holmes' filly, both of which are
very good sorts. The hacks were simply execrable.
A. Loder was successful in weight-carriers, H. E.
Taylor for light ones, and J. Holmes had the best
lady's hack. Some fair ponies were shown. H.
Hall got the blue ribbon for selector's hack, and
Loder's slashing mare Tilda was far and away the
best all round hack and trotter.
There was fair competition in the classes for
saddlery, in which Mr. John Rourke won five prizes.
There was only a poor exhibition of draught
stock and vehicles, but the collection of farm pro-
duce was excellent so far as it went. Messrs. J.
Idstein, F. Selden, Hannaford, and Pritchett were
the principal exhibitors, the first-named being very
strong.
There was a nice collection of jams, fruits, etc.,
and Messrs. Bell, Seivl, and Misses Wheelihan and
Hussey got away with the awards.
In wines, Messrs. Hartman and Burden competed,
and the latter gained-most prizes. Both are local
vignerons.
Poultry was bad as a lot, with a few individual
good birds. Messrs. Foxe, Cadell, and Hall came
off triumphantly..
The pavilion was fairly filled, and the horticul-
tural display deserved much credit, chrysanthe-
mums being especially good.
There were several creditable pieces in fine arts,
but the classes were not as full as was expected.
Murrurundi upheld its reputation for producing
one of the best shows of the golden fleece of Aus-
tralia. All classes were well filled, and such noted
breeders aa John Taylor, B. Haydon, A. Loder, and
H. A. Wright were all represented successfully in
the fine-woolled classes. Selectors also came out
manfully in the section devoted to them, and
Messrs. Mullis, Murphy, and Harkins upheld their
reputation.
Frederick Mason, Sydney, was a large exhibitor
of machinery, but not all articles were on the
ground owing to a break-down of the train at
Willow Tree to-day.
The weather this afternoon is dull but threaten-
ing. Still a larger attendance is expected to-
morrow, when the finals of jumping, etc., will be
the attractions.
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