PONGAROA

Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 March 1941, Page 7

PONGAROA

HORSE SPORTS WINNERS OF EVENTS. (“Times-Age” Special.) Thp following were the winners of the events at the annual Pongaroa horse sports:—Tilting the ring: R. Lowe 1, R. Stewart 2, F. Henricksen 3. Turning Competition: E. Olsen 1, R. Lowe 2, L. Meech 3. Turning competition for children: W. Olsen 1, K. Hartley 2, D. Matthews 3. Maiden hunters: Miss H. Hansen 1, E. Olsen 2, W. Boyt 3. Medley handicap: D. Lowe 1, W. Meech 2, L. Willoughby 3. Open hunters: W. Meech 1. E. Olsen 2, L. Meech 3. Pony jumping: W. Olsen 1, K. Hartley 2, I. Meech 3. Open Leaping (steeplechase style): Mrs. W. Meech 1, E. Olsen 2, W. Meech 3. Girls’ and boys' thread-the-needle race: W. Olsen 1, I. Meech 2, H. Herbert 3. Best hack on the ground: E. Olsen 1, R. Lowe 2, H. Hansen 3. Flag race: W. Meech 1, J. Meech 2, K. Hartley 3. Best boy or girl’s pony. (small): B. Meech 1, S. McLaren 2. Best boy or girl’s pony (big): W. Olsen 1, I. Meech 2, K. Hartley 3. Thread-the-needle: S. Smith 1, B. Riddell 2, W. Meech 3. Potato race for boys and girls under 15: K. Hartley 1, I. Meech 2. R. Herbert 3. Consolation hunters’ sweepstake: R. Small 1, L. Meech 2, Mrs. Liverton 3. Catch the clown: E. Olsen 1, F. Meech 2. Best boy or girl rider: W. Olsen 1, D. Matthews 2, I. Meech 3. Apple-bob-bing: W. Meech 1. F. Meech 2, B. Riddell 3. Buck-jumping competition: Dead heat between I. Hay and J. Wright. The winners of the various cups were as follow: Mr. E. H. Meech’s cup for maiden hunter scoring most points in the open hunters’ events (cup to be won three times), E. Olsen, won outright; Mr. S. F. Herbert’s trophy for best boy or girl rider under 15 years (competitor to be resident of the Akitio county), D. Matthews; Mr. E. J. Knowles's trophy for rider scoring most points at the meeting, E. Olsen; Mr. S. Jones’s trophy, for children’s best walking and trotting pony (local), D. Matthews.