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Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 130, 4 August 1870, Page 4

mUAPEKA AND WAITAHUNA *- GOLDFIELDS DISTRICT PLOUGHING MATCH TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY, 19th AUGUST, 1870, At Mr. DONALD CLARK'S FARM, . Clark's Flat. SENIORS. Ist Prize - - - -£600 2nd „ ... 5 o 0 3rd „ .... 4 0 0 4th „ .... 3 0 0 sth „ 2 0 0 6th „ - - - - 1 0 0 7th „ One Set Swingletrees — Presented by Messrs. R. Fowler and David M'Donald, Lawrence. JUNIORS. For Youths of 19 years, or under. Ist. Prize - - - - £3 0 0 2nd „ ... 2 0 0 3rd „ 1 0 0 For the best Feering. — 1 Set Poles — Presented by Mr. Roscoe, Tuapeka, Mouth. SPECIAL PRIZES. OPEN TO ALL THE FIELD. For the best Finish. —Set Swingletrees — Presented by J. and D. M'Taggart, Waitahuna. For best Outs and Ins. — Watch chain — Presented by Mr. Farrer, Watchmaker, Lawrence. For best Turn Out. — Drapery, valued one guinea — W. M'Beath, Lawrence. For best Groomed Horses. — Carry Comb and two Brushes — T. Barnett, Lawrence. For best kept Harness. — Open Bridle, value 30s — Low and Sons, Saddlers, Lawrence. For best pair Horsos. — One pair Hames — F. Meyer, Lawrence. For best Feering. — One' set Feering Poles — H. Adamaon, Waitahuna. For best jjloughing done by a married man — Whip, value 10s — J. Donovan, Lawrence. The first (prize-taking) team finished. — Prize, value 20s— J. F. Herbert. Open to all bona fide residents in the Tuapeka and Waitahuna Goldiields Districts. RULES AND REGULATIONS. All competitors to be subscribers to the fund of not less than ss. Entrance money, each class, 2s 6d. Teams to be on the ground at 9.30 a.m. All entries to be left with the Secretary at the Tuapeka Tijtes Oifice, Lawrence, on or before 6 p.m. on Wednesday, the 17th August, and at Waitahuna, under covor, addressed to the Secretary, at Mr. Coghili's Hotel, on the same day, at 4 p. m. Depth of furrow, five inches. Ploughmen to find their own width. Each team to plough one-third of an acre. Time allowed — Horses, five hours ; bullocks, six do. Each ploughman to find his own poles, and no assistance allowed after the poles are set ; otherwise, disqualified. Any other regulations will be read on the ground, and all disputes to be settled by the Committee. L. C. HOLMES, Hon. Secy, Lawrence, 3rd August, 1870.