CARAMUT.

Manawatu Herald, 27 May 1899, Page 2

CARAMUT.

The Geelong Advertiser of May 10. h reports that a better exposition of a game that brings out all the distinctive marks of dashing horae manship could not have been desired. . . . . In the Caramut team they met foeraen worthy of their pi-owess. . . . B )th teams being -»pl«?ndidly mounted the gara a , under ;,he circum^tanae?, became an ex'jeptionally f-i^t one, testing alike the •ndurance of the ponies and their ridtiM . . . Th 9 aß^embla«e was the largest that hw b^on at 0* bornn, the playing arena b^ing surrounded by spe^kakorp, and th° stream of traffic thit fbwed biok to tjwa at the concliHion of the match resembled wha 1 ; might be seen returning from a successful race meetin;?. If< whs chiefly fashionable, bu ; tdvanhagd of ths Wednesday half iiolidny was taken to a very considerible extent by the general public. Tbs wide inferest exoitid by th^ contest f jund an illustration in the fvet that a special train wis run f»r he coaveiiieno) of visitors from M'lbournp, ths p^ssengew including liird and L\dy B^v^sey, and h Governmant h)U?e party. , . . At tha clo9B of th? fioil term the score was " fiva all," tin game wa-* continued till the tie had been decided, The finish .was productive of wreat excitement, but the end camquickly Caramufc forced the play up the centre of the ground, and JStrang, who played a remirkably fine game throughout, hit ihe ball out of th?. meke. Oae of his co I!eagues had the fi -st {strike at it, and trundied it down towards the Oaramit ganis. Biker, of N.».w Zeal>iod, and Affl ck, of Chrauint, galloped in pursuit, and tbe paic had a ureat go down the centre. Th" Oaramut man missed in striking, and was bored off by Biker, whn s n f . it between the po3ts, thus end ing the game in favor of ihe visitor?, the scores being: Naw Z a'and, six goals eSght bihinds ; Caramat, five goals ten behind 3.