MAEREWHENUA PLOUGHING MATCH.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1055, 6 September 1879, Page 2

MAEREWHENUA PLOUGHING MATCH.

(from our own correspondent.) As was briefly stated in yesterday® Matt., the annual ploughing match, held yesterday in a paddock on the Maere< whenua estate, kindly placed at the disposal of the Committee by Mr. Borton, was a grand success. The weather wai good, the number of competitors largft the teams magnificent, and the arrang-' meats admirable ; but owing to tho e*

umant occasioned fey the election contest jnjrco, tile attendance of spectators was Hiolarg® m on former occasions, and it lul<l undoubtedly have been had not i&lfc interest and attention been rfirertrd v another channel. Tin- he. pr«ja,! by fin© teams of horse*, all taatcjy decorated ins various ways, and each Jjf t with one exception, consisting *»f Ma ft £<>ur splendid animals. was mie 4 H calculated to gladden the heart of any -jcijlturot from any part «f the world. (Bare- all "ere so good it! miitht be injtlious to singto oat any «f the teams f"r guial mention, and to do justice to the jhofe would take up too much space, ffia ({round m rouah tossoek la rut, indued t" crumble away from the plough, as a consequence the work done wa.* Bfl t on the whole so <jood a* has been seen -fovi'itis matches, but still there was some L„i plouahinsr, and the prizes were v«ry | P tty contested for.. The following pgn acted as judses. and their decisions mva «ery general satisfaction : - I'lonsrhL» : Messrs. W. Etutt (I'almerston), Jas. 6«mmett (Maheno). and Watt Creek). H«rse* r Messrs' 1 - i'iimpbelt (J»«apiwa). ♦ : »«'ir<ie M"f>onat>i (Jfaheno), atjt I*. 51'* irt'u'ur (V>esfcnn). flie district is to he complimented on the juccess of the match, which was <*n<|n«»tionahty one of the best ever held in l A y : L fKIZK r.tST. Cwasm A—Double-furrows. opm to alt joiner!) : tst prize, Lh : *_'ivl do., 1,7: "rd ilir... t£l *tth do.. L 5 v sth do.. U : »>th do.. 13. ploughmen. Owners. Maker, t'lmrles VVhyte Charles Wbyt« D'owler I J Allan J 5 , ft A. Dalgteish R«-id ft Cray - W. Smillie. jnn. VV. Smillie.scn. Reidft (iray 3 ft. Warnock Warnni'k do t g; VaUance William Sruillie do 5 William Craig William C raj if do t"> /..Don A. Don. ' do t> JiimiiH Birtto ft. FEntefiison do f> ft, Bremner C. Hutchison do *) Etowden Wm. lEowden do 0 i Ckass B. i prize takers only : Ist prize, E.S 2nd do, F.T: 3rd do, LB ; 'tth do, L." ; sth do, L-C : 6th itn, L.'!. Wni. 51'Kay Wnr. M'Kay Be id Xf i ray t (•I. Sfilliyan A. M'slaster do -J A..Murdoch A. Murdoch do "> Xamc» Hall .farm s Halt do t ft. VVhite A. st's[a.-.trr do 5 E, 51'X'onatd K. MT'otiatd _do t; Tliom. Fraser VVm. fiard Wooaton» Win. Dewar VVm. f>cwar U'-id ft • iray 0 srwt.Yt, IM;.r/ir:-». Bost break in ♦ 'tiiss A --■('hartes W hit<:. Isrst break in f't.iss P—-W m. I>ewar. Best ins and outs in Class A—-fas. f!irtt»'. Bus# ins and oats in Class ll—Witliam 31'Kay. pi'st plonghins; in field—t'has. White. Best groomed horse —1„ Murdoch and Watson: A. Brenwr :X -f. tiirttf. Best decorated team— t. Murdoch and Witson ; A. F'.renincr. Best kept harness—l. Murdoch and Wafc80ii:BirtfciX A. f.renmer. Best harness on field—-t, Jits. F-ictlc ;2. E. 51 "'Donald. Bust team oE three—t. Datjrteish Bros. ; 'J, Wm. Dcwar. Bust team of four—t. W. EEowdeu : ffiunloch and Watson. Best matched- team —tWarnock. Best shod team—■ V. f'.remnec. Most masterly ploughman, and ifiiictest mail Wm. Craiif.