WAITAHUNA PLOUGHING MATCH.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 286, 24 July 1873, Page 9

WAITAHUNA PLOUGHING MATCH.

(By our Special Reporter.) The "Waitahuna ploughing match was beld on Friday last, on Mr. Cook's farm, near the old township, and was a very good piece of land for the purpose, being on a gentle slope, and the ground itself was in tolerably fair condition for the work. Notwithstanding the un propitious state of the weather, and it was sufficiently bad to deter any but "jolly young watermen" from attending, the attendance of spectators and competitors was very good, the teams numbering thirteen in the two classes. The work done was on the whole very good, although there was a general complaint that in the result as declared by the judges the rule as advertised with regard to false cut was not strictly adhered to. This question of false cut appears to be a moot point amongst ploughmen, and to the uninitiated the talk amongst the defeated as well as the victors is as Sanscrit, or any amount of books ahead of Euclid. The result, however, in this match was that a protest by Messrs. Stewart, Drysdale and another was lodged against the decision of the judges, on the ground that the rule "No false cut allowed " was not strictly adhered to. The secretary, in giving the decision of the judges, stated that all the prize-takers used cut more or less. This was with some considerable show of reason argued as unfair against those competitors who entered the field with plain irons, and it would be satisfactory if some general rule could be laid down for the future guidance of ploughmen. ' Prize List. Name. Ploughman. Plough. Prize. | R. Ford R. Brownlie Burns £5 R. M'Ara R. M'Ara Brice £4 T. Treloar A. Drysdale Ponton £3 M. Stewart M. Stewart do. £1 R. Kemp W. Archibald Barrowman 10s. J. Spark J. Spark do. A. Frazer A. Frazer Ponton C. Auld C. Auld do. T. Treloar J. Treloar do. Juniors. M'Corkindale M'Corkindale Fairlie £2 A. Walker A. Walker Ponton £1 J. Grant J. Grant Sellar Pair of Spurs, »he gift of Mr. F. lvleyer D. M'Rae J. M'Rae Barrowman Highly commended. Special Prizes. Best General Turn-out of Harness — Thomas Treloar, Goods value 10s., the gift of Mr. P. Aitken, Lawrence Best Groomed Horses— John Grant, Curry Comb and Brushes, the gift of Mr. T. Barnett, Lawrence Best Feering — R. Brownlip, set of Feering Poles, the gift of Mr. F. Moyle Best Kept Harness— C. Auld, a Whip value 155., the gift of Mr. J. Low, Lawrence Second Best Kept Harness -R. Kemp, a Book value 10s., the gift of " Tuapeka Times." Third Best Kept Harness— John M'Rae, a Book value 7s. Gd , the gift of Mr. J. Harrop, Lawrence Best Finish— R. Brownlie, 10s. from the funds Youngest Ploughboy — J. M'Rae, a Book value 10s , gift of Mr. Sidney Wilson, Waitahuna. Judges : , Mr. James Drinnan, Tokomairiro ; Mr. T. Murray, Glenore; Mr. Robert Craig, senr.