> , ' " ~+~- — ~~ — ~ ■ ' The catalogue of exhibits for the annual show to-be held on the race course on Thursday the second November,' has been issued. Of .horse's there are twenty-two • classes, with four champion* prizes — the best thoroughbred entire, best thorough bred mare, best' draught^ entire -andbest draught mare. „ Of • cattle, twelve classes, with two champion prizes — the '> Vest-cow of any age smd best biillof ; any-age. 'Of sheep, nineteen classes, with two cham- .55 pion prizes— the best ram in the yard and the best ewe in the yard*; two extra prizes , are also offered by Messrs Owen & Leth bridge, the first of twenty guineas for the bVstbull sold by them in the year 1875-76, and the second of ten guineas for the best ram sold at their annual sale 1 on the 29th February of this yenr. Harness, carts and buggies, and farm implements, • are also included in the catalogue, and under each of these headings there are a number of classes of exhibits. Wool is included with a number of other items, under the heading of Produce, and ' each sample must not be less than 201bs in weight. A prize will also be given' for .the best sample of- half a dozen each of bottled ale and porter, brewed and bottled in the district, from no other sac charine than that obtained from barley grown in Ihe colony, such ale and porter to be of a quality which the brewer will " undertake to supply to the trade at a price not exceeding 10s per dozen. A leaping match is to take place at 3 p.m., and a shearing match at 2 p.m.; each shearer to shear two sheep in fifteen min utes. Farm implements, dairy produce, and wool, alone will be entered free. En tries will be received by the Secretary through the post at any time up to the 27 th October, and personally at the Rutland Chambers on the 26th and 27th of the same month, after which no entries can be received. 