Big Crowds Flock To A.&P. Show

The promise of entertainment other than the usual horse jumping and parading of stock drew big crowds to the Nelson A.and P. Association's show at Richmond on both days. This year the weather was a little more kind, although a cold wind and the hint of rain late in the afternoon persuaded many to forgo the pleasure of watching the steer riding. The public saw the show all dressed up. We went out very early in the morning on both days, to have a look at it from the point of view of the workers. For them the day began, as it does at home, with chores. Cows have to be milked and fed, pigs also, and since these were special days, all stock was groomed with loving care. Come with us now, as we leave the scene above, during the grand parade, to the more mundane and earthy side of the show.

The champion Friesian bull of W. G. Parkes and son, Tua Marina, has his morning shower, a prelude to the grooming to come.

Hay for hungry cattle

Horses, stabled for the night, now stand hitched to rails in the early morning light as they wait patiently for the washing and the plaiting and the grooming.