Lake Hayes A and P Show president Mike Smith, of Cone Peak Station (left), with master-in-charge of shearing Bruce Hamilton (centre) and shearer Stu Bowman, both of Lake Hayes Estate, practise their skills with a circa 1900 hand-wound shearing machine, before tomorrow's shearing competition at the show. Photo by James Beech.
Heats begin at 9.30am, 11.30am and 2pm at the Lake Hayes Show Ground.
Bruce Hamilton (master-in-charge of shearing) thanked Jack Ellis, of Edendale, for the use of the Chicago-built shearing machine (pictured) for the competition, which returns to the A and P show programme for the first time this century.
