NEWS FROM THE PAST

WHAT I SAW AT THE SHOW

By a Visitor

When I reached the ground the judges were weighing the wheat, and, as the rain was falling in torrents, the main building was resorted to for shelter, and the judges had to ask for protection from the crowd that forced in upon them.

At this time there was not much to be seen.

The horses had been sent to their stables owing to the non-arrival of the judges, and everything seemed in and admirable state of confusion, but then, as Sir Robert Mackenzie once remarked, “the weather confuses everything.”

I was very pleased with the wheat exhibits, and equally well pleased with the careful painstaking manner the judges went about their work of judging.

Whatever the exhibitors may think of their awards, as one perfectly disinterested, and who watched them narrowly, I am confident they have given honest decisions.

Taking advantage of a departing cab, with rather a delicate horse, I reached the Royal in time for dinner.

Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs General Advertise, January 30, 1877