Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-06-16
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The Royal Hawaiian Agricultural Soeiety's
I fair has been q success and failure As q
/ beginning. a, on earnest Of what future fairs
may be made tn hr, it has been pronounced
/ success. But us an exposition " the natural
| resources and the material advancement Of the
! country. 1t hi, been exceedingly unsatisihc.
| tory although, In special line, ol exhibit
I both the indigenous product, " the soil and
the industrial prugtc,, Of the island, have been
represented. u Is iu no spirit of spccious
tiulthnlng that the Press feel, called upon to-
point out the dement's Ut the exhibit made last
"Wednesday and Thursday. With the agreul
Wul interests OF the nation the Press Is in full
accord. With the a,uwrd objects Of the inir
there ought To- be only sympathy among the
sensible and patriotic, Hut the society is stag
pcUnE under an incubus in having the real
Vurpou VT u.s. existence dwbrlcd 10y the word
royal \ hateful sound has "tuyal, to
the eats NJ the lesser people in the kingdom.
Why, then, should the agricultural idea in
the ,ocielys title he dwarlcd by the expires.
l,,ly inappu,itc adjective "royal2 Why, also,
should am agricultural society in Hawaii he
headed by one not himself an experienced ug
uculufist2 The uWlar tomloolery OF child'S
play knghthood Is the work ior royal figure.
heads.
In its classification, the society covered the
ground Of desirable exhibition pretty thor.
ouEhly. In the first division, neat cattle, the
showing made would have been ctcditablc to
many American fairs, and included Duthams,
Jerseys, AyIshres, llolStcins and graded mich
and beef cattle The second division, horses
and mules, was about equally strong in i'm.
ported and in native stock As an earnest OF
what may hc done by judicious breeding in
these islands, the native showing was in all re.
spcc's encouraging. The third division, sheep,
a. htil, a
been, Lanai being the only island exhibiting,
according to the catalogue; in reality, there
was no exhibition, as the sheep did not arrive
IN time The fourth division, swine, was repre-.
scnicd 10y nine pens: taken rs a whole, good
showing. The fifth division, poultry, was
more noticeable iot curiosity than for utility.
In the sixth division, dogs, several cross -brced
dogs were shown, and the kennels were too
I small and il-auangcd for a satisfactory showing
OF good points.
All the above mentioned divisions were
hihted in the open lot east of Richard street and
/ fronting the hurbor In the rear OF this lot was
a large tent in which most of the following
divisions were exhibited. The seventh divi.
sion, dairy products, was confined to five
exhibits, four Of butter and one OF cheese.
/ The eighth division, FISH, consisted of few
| German carp, brace of tcrrapins and three
/ cells The ninth division. domestic manu-.
features, was represented by superb collec.
| ton OF twenty-five caabashcs-and by moth
| ing else. The tenth division, agricultural
products, was interesting far as 1t went.
! Unfortunately it went n very short way.
| That there should have been only two exhib.
itors of sugar cane and only two of manu-
featured sugar was the most eloquent evidence
that something was decaying in the agricul
tural Denmark OF the kingdom. The eleventh
division, horticulture, was much more fully
represented, and was, in many Of its features,
exceedingly interesting. The twelfth division,
machinery and agricultural implements,
though full in a few lines was, as n whole,
meagre and inadequate. The miscellaneous
exhibits included an omnibus, carts, wagons,
wagonettes, carriages, rockaways, phetons,
buggies and gigs.
The arrangements Of the grounds were in
the main excellent for the comfort of stock,
the advantages Of display and the convenience
OF visitors. For much OF the success of detail
Mr.. ]. S. Webb, secretary, and Capt. John
Brown, superintendent of the grounds, have
been responsible; and their efforts were heartily
seconded by the directors and very generally
met half way by exhibitors The following
necessarily brief description of individual ex-
hibts is comprehensive of everything cata.
logued and of all additions thereto save the
very few which, inadvertently many have
been overlooked.
The exhibits of horses and cattle were per.
hans the most important. and certainly the
most generally attractive of all. Notwith.
standing the fact that several of the finest
specimens of horse-fesh on the islands were
absent, on account Of their being in train for
the coming races, there was still an admirable
showing, giving to such as have been long
resident here fair idea of the great attention
that has of late wears been paid to the breed.
ing of fine stock from the clumsy but powerful
drauqht horse TO the 1.-THE and aGile racer The
array of well-bred imported stations was es.
pecially fine. Among those which were ex.
hibited the following are especially worthy of
mention: Triumph. a dark bay saddle stallion.
was owned by Mr.. c. II. Judd. Boswell, a
bay carriage stallion belonged TO the same
owner handsome and dociie animal from the
stock farms OF Kentucky and from the best
trotting stock in America. Waterford, the
well.known grey thoroughbred racing stallion.
was exhibited by Mr.. Charles Lucas. King
William, fine grey trotting stallion, was
shown by Mr.. John McKeague. Mr.. ]. X.
, Porter exhibited his bay stallion lvanhoe, a
tine animal Among Hawaiian bred stations
may be mentioned the following: Prince
Henry, an ebon black stallion, IS months old,
owned by Chief Justice Judd. This handsome
little creature Is OF Boswell stock, from fine
bredliawaiian dam. Captain Gator, a bay saddle
stallion, was shown by Governor Dominis.
pair OF fine bay Hawaiian bred draught stalli'
ons, owned by Mr.. W. IL. Rice OF koloa, re-
ceived the FIRST prize for that class; and a first
prize was also received by the same gentleman
ior pair OF black three-year-old carriage stall
lions, bred by him, For an iron grey stallion,
4 years old, and bred by him, he also received
: second Prize. Mr.. Rice's exhibit was es-
peeially crediiable in many ways.
Among the imported mares exhibited, by
tan the hnest was the mare Maude, owned by
, Mr.. II. j. Agnew. She is handsome bay,
very last IN harness, and comes from the hnes'
stock; withal, she is gentle as kitten. There
was a fine LARGE bay dIauplt mare-nDnarentl\