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The Shearing Machines |
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The Shearing Machines |
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Written in 1980 by Bernie Walker |
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Late last year across the Tasman Where the Romney reigns supreme Two young guns were breaking records The tallies seem like a dream |
Sam Te Whata |
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John Fagan and Sam Te Whata Have burst upon the scene Shearing seven hundreds With only days between |
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First Samson shore six fifty To break the record of Jack Dowd While Fagan shore six eighty But that score was not allowed |
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So John then had another go He was out to make his score The first man through seven hundred Then he added twenty two more |
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But Sam was not yet beaten And seven twenty five lambs he shore So after just a few days The record was his once more |
John Fagan |
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But John was only warming up And the lambs were there to shear And so just one week later He again loaded up his gear |
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With Gavin Whitehead beside him In that busy Pio Pio shed They started early on them When most folks are still in bed |
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And when they finished shearing Two new records they then had Thirteen forty seven for the two stand And seven forty for the lad |
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And the lad is Johnny Fagan As a shearer he reigns supreme The fair haired man from Pio Pio Is a Human shearing machine |
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| Details of records referred to in "The Shearing Machines" | |
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Jack Dowd Tally 637, at Ngutinui, on 2-12-77 Coopworth Lambs, Judges: R.K. Hudson, W.E. Richardson |
Sam Te Whata Tally 725, at Poverty Bay Showgrounds, on 8-12-79 Perendale ewe lambs, Judges: W. Teutenberg, A Baty, R. Richardson |
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Sam Te Whata Tally 650, at Te Pahi Station, Waimata, Gisbourne, on 19-11-79 Perendale ewe lambs, Judges: W. Teutenberg, R. Richardson |
John Fagan Tally 740, at "Sunderland Farms", Pio Pio, on 15-12-79 Perendale ewe lambs, Judges: J Vowles, A Simpson, L Kana Also 2 man record with Gavin Whitehead - Tally 1347 |
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John Fagan Tally 722, at Mangapehi, on 3-12-79 Perendale ewe lambs, Judges: J Vowles, A Simpson, L Kana |
Information supplied by C.A. Gilmore-Wilson, Golden Shears, Masterton, New Zealand Photos by Alan Cooke, Masterton |
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