Friday’s crowd was a new record, according to Milton Show Society president Rob Davis.

He said the crowd was fantastic throughout the day, resulting in a record number attending the rodeo on Friday night, watching a record number of bull riders test their skills.

There were also record entries in the horse events and particularly the dressage competition, and in the dog show.

“A lot of sections had record entries,” he said.

But they were just a few among many highlights that had Mr Davis grinning from ear to ear throughout the show’s two days, particularly as the rain stayed away.

“It’s the first time we’ve had two show days with no rain for goodness knows how long,” he said.

He said a highlight was the fantastic standard of entries in the pavilion.

“I think our pavilion is the equal of any other show from Albion Park all the way down,” Mr Davis said.

And the Milton pavilion had things other did not, such as old-time butter making demonstrations, while the standard of fruit and vegetables on display during the two days could not be beaten anywhere, Mr Davis said.

The same could be said of the needlework, the quilts, the knitting, the photography, the woodworking, the flowers, the cooking – in fact everything put on display in the pavilion.

The cooking competitions generated plenty of interest, with most centred on the prestigious rich fruit cake recipe in which local winners go through to zone finals, with a chance of competing at Sydney’s Royal Easter Show.

For the third year in a row the rich fruit cake competition was won by Evonne Young.

Outside the pavilion Mr Davis was impressed by the sheep dog exhibitions in which people explained in detail how they trained their dogs, and just how important a good dog was when working with sheep.

There was also the dog high jump in which a dog from Burrill Lake, named Rusty, won by clearing 2.4 metres.

The pet show was as popular as ever, while the woodchop drew a large crowd.

Also drawing crowds wherever they went were members of the 1st Light Horse, who were constantly surrounded by people asking about the traditional World War I uniforms they wore.

And late in the day the show bar also did a roaring trade, Mr Davis said, while providing some fantastic musical entertainment.