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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 10, 1913
Page
4
A long list outlines classes for horses, dairy cattle, sheep, poultry, and farm crafts for a Colac show. It covers entry fees, weight limits, breed classes, judging rules, and champion prizes, with extensive notes on livestock, poultry, and handiwork sections and prize conditions.
The document sets rules for deposits, exhibit retirement, showground access times, and responsibility for accidents. It covers judging procedures, prize awards, possible disqualification for false entries, reserve champions, parade requirements, protest procedures with deposits, breeding year dates, and final interpretation by the committee.
Events scheduled over two show days include a Lloyd Lindsay competition for four man teams open to Australian Light Horse Regiments. Heats will be used as directed with entries per 45 Fugitive Race for military personnel and heats directed openings with Victoria Cross Race for military members.
Exhibits winning First or Second in Chiss cannot compete in other sedan events. Regus or All Mate Animals in Breeding Classes must be visibly intact. Official Measurer requires Certificay number. Stallions three years old and over must hold Government Certificate of Soundness. Entries limited to three per exhibitor. Judging begins 11 a.m. first show day. Pony Stallion 11 hands and under class. Pony Stallion 19 hands and under class. Pony Mare or Gelding 4 hands and under ridden. Pony Mare or Gelding 12 hands and under ridden by boy or girl. Entry fees and member requirements listed. details fragmented but indicate ring riding and entry limits.
Prize conditions identical to Poultry with three entries per exhibitor per class. Entries include many hound and terrier breeds such as Greyhound, Pointer, Gordon Setter, Irish Setter, English Setter, Collie, Sheep Dog, Cattle Dog, Fox Terrier, Spaniel, Retriever and Australian Terrier with dog or bitch/ slut forms noted where applicable.
Rules detail entrance fee and prize percentages for livestock and dairy products. Items describe weight limits, ages, and judging criteria for cheeses, butter, bacon, and table use products with prize values and eligibility notes.
Section 19 Farm Produce outlines exhibitor rules and item descriptions for a fair. It lists entry types such as potatoes and peppers, and references sack weights and varieties. The text also mentions baskets, teas, and regional names, indicating a judging and display setup.
A fragmented notice lists a program for secondary schools under Section 24 Education. It mentions prizes for grades seven and above, with early taste testing for scholars. The text references entrants, dates in September, and judges, naming several unclear individuals and locations due to OCR errors.
Section 23 outlines amateur divisions in painting drawing and photography with entrance fees and multiple prizes. It notes landscape painting from nature, floral and fruit studies, oil paintings, water color, and a jam show for camera views with first and second prizes and special awards.
Exhibitors must provide tubes and stands for cut flowers and name every exhibit. Entry fee ten percent. pot grown plants, six varieties, six ferns, pelargoniums, and other classes with first and second prizes listed. Cut flowers include twelve roses, six roses, six carnations, and collections of six or twelve varieties. Amateur classes noted. prize donations and point system described for top exhibitor across classes 409 to 457.
Collection of 12 apple varieties with per fruit values and first second prize amounts. Six Dussert apples prize details, six pears with prizes, smart gooseberries prize, one quiet cherry prize, quart strawberries prizes listed. Independent prize figures include shillings and pounds.
The notice explains Ro Priges allowed space for six exhibits with free space for each beyond that at per exhibit rates. Exhibits must be hand crafted by exhibitors and be of distinct classes. It also directs exhibitors to regulate the sale of machinery and names prize categories including first prize for certain entries.
The Exhibition will be held on the twelfth day of November with admission for adults and children, and a limit on vehicle and horse displays. Visitors must present a valid ticket to enter and unregistered vehicles may be removed to a road deck provided by the Sisters. Only exhibitors will receive passes for attendance.
A list of numerous donors and amounts follows as the committee thanks supporters for special prizes. Names include Dalgety and Co 50, J. G. and Co 550, McGrath 460, Calvert Bros 220, and many others with varied sums. The document notes further donations will be acknowledged and references a prize schedule.
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