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Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 975, 22 December 1882, Page 2

The fanners in the Richmond district have taken steps for the formation of a cheese and butter factory. Such undertakings are paying well in some parts of the colony, and, with efficient management, the Waimca Factory is bound to be a success, as there is every facility for making it such. There is not the least doubt the Motueka and Tiwaka districts will not remain long without a factory, particularly if the one in the Waimea provo a success. Indeed it is quite possible for the one company to be the owner of the two factories. With a practical man at its head, and with prudence in the conduct of its affairs, we ( Colonist ) venture to predict permanent success to' the Waimate Cheese and Butter Factory Company. The following account of some extraordinarily sensational riding on the part of the best gentlemen jocks of the day, is given in a Calcutta journal. It reads more like an equine exhibition in a hippodrome than part of the programme of a legitimate turf gathering : —“ At the Amandale Racecourse, Simla, Lord William Beresford, brother to the wellknown Lord Charles, has astonished the public with some wondrous feats of horsemanship. Several sensational events were introduced to make the meeting a success, and allot’ them won.by Lord William. The Postillion Race, wherein lie bad to ride one pony and lead another at each side of him, he carried off in a canter, his three ponies flying the finishing hurdle abreast. A Tandem Hurdle Race, in which a horse was ridden and other driven in front was an easy victory for him, as well as a Four-in-hand Race. ■ Lord William, after Iris successes at Amandale, backed himself to manage a team of six, and run them against four each driven by Lord Compton and Captain Rochefort. He put his team in two rows of three, and rode the centre “wheeler.” Fastening the reins of the near and off animals round his legs, he had the six in perfect control, and galloped them round the course, beating his opponents hollow. ' This done, for the edification of Lady Ripon and the rank and fashion of Simla his lordship ■galloped eight horses round the course without other harness than reins. The track was narrow and had many turns, but the horses were kept well together, and turned without difficulty.