BANNOCKBURN.

Cromwell Argus, Volume IV, Issue 198, 26 August 1873, Page 6

BANNOCKBURN.

(from our own correspondent.) August 25, 1873. To all appearances, we out here are nowadays becoming quite a sporting community ; scarcely a week passes without some amusement or other. Last week we were treated to something quite grand at Quartzville by way of finishing it up. On Saturday afternoon, the sport began with a quoit match, for which there were numerous entries. Eventually the match became limited to two competitors, Messrs Storey and Rintoul, of whom, after playing off, the former was declared the winner. The quoits being concluded, several matches at pigeon shooting took place, the principal of which were won by Mr R. Reid. The shooting was very far from being good in any case, and the general impression was that the owner ot the pigeons would come off the luckiest man. The afternoon's performances concluded with two footraces, of 100 and 400 yards respectively. I did not, however, stop to see these run, so I cannot give any information as to the names of the winners. To conclude the day's proceedings, a handicap billiard match took place at Mr Peake's Carrick Range Hotel in the evening. There were no less than twenty entries, but owing to the lateness of the hour of starting, it was found impossible to decide the match that evening. It was therefore resolved to postpone its conclusion until next Saturday night. It is really pitiful to see the number of lambs that have died in this neighbourhood during the last two or three weeks. No doubt the heavy frosts we had a w-eek or two ago proved too much for some of them ; but a great many of the poor liitle things lose their lives through getting into old races and holes. A resident in Quartzville tells me that every morning dead lambs have to be taken out of the race which runs through that township, and that the race has even on some occasions been blocked up with them. Seeing the advertisement about a coming entertainment in your last issue, many of us have been wondering as to its nature. I was informed on Saturday, that it will be one of the best night's amusements ever provided on the Bannockburn, and it is to be expected, taking into consideration also the fact that the proceeds are to go towards so noble an object, that there will be an unprecedented attendance.