FIFTH GREAT ANNUAL

Horse and Cattle Show and Jumping Competitions

WILL BE HELD AT

A  T  H  E  N  R  Y

 On Tuesday, 10th September, 1901

Source:  The Galway Observer

The following Prizes are offered for competition:-

HORSE SHOW

Class 1:  1st prize £5; 2nd   do, €2.  Entrance fee fee, 5s  for Geldings or Fillies, 4 years old, trained or untrained and likely to make hunters.

Class 11:  1st prize  £5; 2nd do. £2.  Entrance fee,   5s  for Geldings or Fillies, 2 and 5 years old, untrained and likely to make hunters.

Class 111:  1st prize, £8; 2nd prize  £3;  3rd prize £1.  Entrance, 10s  for  the best hunters, gelding or Mare, 5 years old and upwards, able to carry 14st. and upwards.

Class 1V:  1st prize £8; 2nd  £3;  3rd  £1.  Entrance, 10s  for  the best hunters, gelding or Mare, 5 years old and upwards, able to carry 12st to 13st 7 lbs.

Class V:  1st prize,   £4; 2nd  £2;  3rd  £1.  Entrance, 5s  for the best pony, any age or sex, not exceeding 14.3 hands high.

Class VI:  1st prize, £5;  2nd  £2;  3rd prize £1.   Entrance, 5s  for the best mare, any age,  stinted to or with foal at foot by a Registered Thoroughbred Stallion, and also the property of a resident in the CountyGalway.

Class V11: 1st  £5;  2nd  £3;  3rd  £1.  Entrance, 6d  for the best appointed Hackney Car.

JUMPING COMPETITION

Over Drop Fence, Water jump, Hurdle double bank and Stone Wall.

Class 1:  1st prize £8;  2nd  £3;  3rd  £1.  Entrance  7s.6d  for Horses, 6 years old and upwards, over 15 hands high

Class 11:  1st  £7;  2nd  £3;  3rd  £1.  Entrance  7s.6d  for Horses, 5 years old and under, over 15 hands high.

Class 111:  1st  £5;  2nd  £2;  3rd  £1;  Entrance,  5s  for Cobs and Ponies 15 hands high and under.

Agricultural and Technical instruction Committee (Galway County Council) Committee Office Galway

The Prizes in the following Classes are offered by the County Galway Agricultural Committee in conjunction with Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction under the Scheme for the Improvement of Live Stock in County Galway. 

Show to be held at Athenry, Tuesday, 10th September.

P r i z e s

Class 1:  For mares between 2 and 6 year old stinted this year to a Registered Thoroughbred or Agricultural Stallion.  Certificate of service to accompany entry form.  Limited to Mares the property of farmers resident in the Rural Districts of Tuam, Gort and Loughrea

First Prize:  £5;  2nd  £3;  3rd  £1.     

Class 2:  Same Tuam.  1st prize  £2;  2nd  £1;   

Class 3:  Same Gort:  1st prize  £2;  2nd  £1;   

Class 4:  Same Loughrea:  1st prize  £2;   2nd  £1;        

Class 5  for the best yearling Colt or Filly by a Thoroughbred Registered Sire:  1st prize  £3/   

Free Entry in all Classes

In addition to the above the Athenry Show Committee offer a Premium of  £3 for the Best Registered Bull.

The attention of Farmers is specially directed to the several valuable premiums offered for competition at this Show by the County Galway Agricultural Committee for the improvement of Live Stock in the County.

Premiums to be awarded to Boars, Rams, etc.   For particulars immediate application should be made to

 W. G. FOGARTY

Secretary,

Court House,

Galway.

Entries for Horse Show close on Wednesday, 4th September; also lst Entries for Jumping Competitions.

2nd Entries for Jumping Competitions close at 12 o;clock on date of Show on payment of an additional fee of 2s. 6d.

Special Railway facilities are granted by Great Southern and Western and Midland Great Western Railway Companies.

Military Band will be in attendance.   Show commences at 11 a.m.   Jumping commences at 2 p.m.

Entrance to Grand Stand 2s 6d.  Entrance to General Enclosure, 1s.

For further particulars apply

P. J. QUINLAN M.D., Hon. Secs.   Athenry

M. J. LARDNER            

ATHENRY HORSE SHOW   14th September 1901

General Committee:  Lord Ashtown,  Sir H.G. Bellew,  Hon R. Nugent,  T Lewin, J.F.H;  Wm. Daly,  J.P Robert Blake,  J P; F.J. Blake,  Major Galbraith, Captain Hall,  P. J. Davy, J.P;  M. F. Hogan,  B.W. Persee, J.P;  Sir R. Roche,  R. Joyce,  C.R. Henry, J.P;  H. Dolphin,  A.W. Hazell, J.P;  F. Shawe-Taylor, J. Kineen,  R.P. Nolan, F.F.  Kelly, P. Carr,

Managing Committee:  A.S. Ffrench, D.L;  Fred T. Poyser, F.F.H;  Captain J. T. Blakeney,  J. M. Meldon, J.P;  Major J.R. Lopedell,  C.O. Murphy, D.L. RIC; R. Murphy,  T. Ruane,  W. Higgins,  J.F. Kelly,  J. Gill,  J. F. Broderick.

Judges:  G. Jackson, Esq.  M.S.H;  F. W. Russell, Esq.

Flag Steward:  A.S. Ffrench, 

Call Steward:  J.T. Blakeney,

Paddock Steward:  R. Murphy,

Steward of Lunch Tent:  B.W. Persse

Veterinary Surgeons:  C. Concannon, FRCVS, Tuam; C. Cargill, Patrick, FRCVS, Ballinasloe

Treasurers:  Ulster Bank, Ltd.,

Hon. Secretaries:  P. J. Quinlan M.D, and M. J. Lardner.

On Tuesday the fifth annual show of horses and cattle held at the Show Grounds, Athenry, was favoured with beautiful weather.  In every respect the exhibition was a vast improvement on those which have preceded it.  The entries were almost double those of last year, the exhibits all round were  of a better class, and the attendance of the public, especially in the afternoon, when the jumping was in progress, was, to say the least of it, encouraging.  The prizes given this year by the Agricultural and Technical Committee of the Galway County Council has the effect of arousing the interest of breeders even in the most remote parts of the country, and the idea of awarding prizes to different districts is one which must eventually work out well. The show of horses was capital, and especially in the two and three year old and the hunter classes  the majority of the animals were of exceptionally good quality.  The jumping competitions in the afternoon were followed with great interest.

THE PRIZE LIST

HORSES

Class 1:  Geldings or Fillies, four years old, trained or untrained, likely to make Hunters –

1st:  Mr. Carr, Lakeview, Moylough, Ballinasloe

2nd:  Mrs. Dudley Persse, Belville, Athenry.

Reserved:   Mr. P. Ryan, Claregalway, Co. Galway.

Class 2:  Geldings or Fillies, two or three years old, untrained, and likely to make hunters

1st:  J. M. Meldon, Coolarne, Athenry.

2nd:  Mr. John Kindrigan, Gloves, Athenry.

Class 3:  Hunter, Gelding or Mare, five years old or upwards, able to carry 14st and upwards

1st:  Fred T. Poyser,  M.F.J,  The Kennels, Craughwell.

2nd:  William Daly, Dunsandle, Athenry.

Class 4:  Hunter, Gelding or Mare, five years old and upwards, and able to carry 12st to 13 st 7lb

1st:  Fred T. Poyser, The Kennels, Craughwell

2nd:  De Burgh Persee, Ryehill, Athenry

3rd:  Arthur B. Pollok, Lismany, Ballinasloe

Reserved:  A. S. Ffrench, MoniveaCastle, Athenry.

Class 5:  Pony, any age, not exceeding 14.3 hands high

1st:  Fred T. Poyser, The Kennels, Craughwell

2nd:  Wm. ???????