Anniversary Day in Wairarapa.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3108, 19 January 1889, Page 2

Anniversary Day in Wairarapa.

On Tuesday next, being a general holiday, advantage will.be taken by the publio to indulge in a day's outing. Lr tlie' VVairarapa 'plenty bi amusement has been provided for that day, the principal event being the .Wairarapa Jockey Club's annual meeting,, which will, be held on the Morba racecourse, Grey town. Thoy have a strong committee of the right sort, 'and the comfort of visitors is bound to be studied by them. The events for the day are a Hack Hurdle Eace of 16 boys,, Maiden.Plate 80soys., Maiden Hack Eace 12 soys,,' Wair'arapa Cup Handicap CO sovs., Hack Race 10 sovs,, Moroa Handicap 80 sovs,, Handicap Hack Eace 15 sovs., and Grand Stand Handicap 80 soys, On this course there is a very commodious grand stand, which should be well patronised. The stewards, to bo in touch with the times, have decided to admit ladies and children to the course free of charge, and, the weather being favorable, the attendance on this occasion should be larger than ever. The next in importance on the programme for the day's amusement is the Grand Fete at Carterton.. For this there are sixteon published events, and as the' public always take great interest in athletic sports the attendance is bound to be large, The proceeds will be devoted to a very worthy object, viz,, clearing off the debt on the church, aud we trust the result will prove as satisfactory as the committee may desire. There is one item on .the programme .which will prove of great interest, the tiltiug at the ring. If the entries for this event are large, it alone will be worth the price of admission to witness, In addition, there will be running, jumping, leaping, hurdle racing, Old Aunt Sally, epeoanut shying, quoits, and- dancing on the green to a Grand Brass Baud and Refreshments served out by 'the nicest girlsJn Carterton, and at reasonable prices. With oil these attractions the day should prove a pleasant one to the' visitors and profitable to the Committee. In the evening tborewill be a grand concert in the Lyceum Hall, to be followod by a dance of two hours duration. '

There is a, grand picnic iu the Greytown Wesleyaii Circuit at Mat'arawa, and friends of that denomination from all parts will assemble there in hundreds. The lads and lasses will no doubt have a good time of it and their elders will no doubt be equally, delighted in looking on and witnessing then' happiaess; Refreshments will be obtainable all day and provisions will be as usual' with this' fraternity, supplied in profusion. The picnio will take place in the beautiful and picturesque grounds of Mr Jones. The prices of admission,-including dinner and tea are so low that it will pay better to go there with the family to spend the day than it will to stay at homo. The Railway authorities, ever ready to study the interests of the general public, and makoan extra periuy for-themselves, have" put on special trains at excursion fares that should suit the inhabitants 'of the .Wairarapa to a nicety. ,' A time table and list of fares for that day will be found in our advertising, columns.

In Masterton, the Kuripuni Wesleyan Sunday School, celebrates its anniversary by a pionicou the grounds and tea in the public hall, and in the evening'au open meeting will be held in the hall, at which addresses will bo given by the superintendent and several ministers and friends. Several private parties have arranged for picnics, and the various points of interest will no doubt be visited by numbers, of pleasure seekers. Given line weather the day should be a happy one, ■: ~ -

Poultry and Fruit. ; (Weekly Press.) , - " Agricola" sends me tlio following record of a valuable experiment,. I Lava seen the treos, landvtbey. are loaded beyond cleacriptioii r -" Fowls are -not looked upon as good gardeners, 'but this view of the question is a'somewhat one-sided one, Though undoubtedly bad masters, they can be.- made uncommonly good servants, and I am about to describe', ono manner in which tbeii* services may be utilized. My orchard originally contained a number oHarge' cherry trees,'but ifjuringtlif? J Have eaten'all the Wi[,:' riot seeing any fun or profit'of growing fruit for |sparrows to eat,; I'uprooted .all'• liiy i .cherry trees with the" exception of two which happened'' to be growing gjiJo by side. These I pruued heayily, gp'as to ueiliiiif' tlico) j|s a-re,aso#lc size, Rijd tlipii liiiilt- a'' wiro ;e'p,closure around 'tlte'ra,'2l'x 12-x 12; I imported the netting, and as the square yare of; hich;-mesh-cost;-bnt; half-penny, the. cost -was" notljihf!;■ riunduar- v auch : ,a; cflmmcdjouscovered ;i'un', I bijjjf a she'd albiigside;" and utUisedl'it\r as' a fowl yard. y ; In; the'.'autumn 'P-luraii as spriiig-H;; breedinga .superfluous'' stock.orall km43,;bropdy^

so ou. At all events, from January, to December it -is never without occupants, save when tho cbeineaare s , > t ripe In this wa) the fowls fii3tly*j||) keep the graßS from growing the tiees aud so robbing the small (or fiuit pioducmg) loots of a certain amount , of . and secondly, they supply the tiees > with a continual supply of tho most'suitable" manuie imaginable. Eight oi ten fowls supply in the . yeai a largei amount of manure than „ most people imagine, and in,the case of my tiees the case is as Wy continual Eveiy showa' washes in a certain amount of nouiiskment, hefole that is exhausted more is' ready. Under this treatment" my cherry trees aie a sight to behold, and lam determined—if ever I eieoi > any moie jaids—to enclose a fiuit tieo of some sort in them. If those ! who keep fowls (and who do not?) | would act upon my suggestion, thus killing two birds with one. stone, I venture to say thoy would not ifcgreU/? the expeument. Ofcouiseitis necessaiy to covci in an apple treepV| but if a fowl vaid is so placed as to cover an apple trees roots, and another tiee of the Sauio sort is left to its own devices, the lesult will show if theio is anything in one half ofm) suggestion." The Champion Walker.

Alfred Austin has given > tho LyUeltoit Times a pretty lengthy account of tho doings of his pupil m England Wo make the following exuacts

Scott's mutches against Arthur Hancock, Hibbeid, and W. Howe, imd his vicloues at lbs Agiicultmal Hall, Loudon, against thirty of the best, walkeis m tho United Kingdom, and in the six day's walk at Binningham, fully established his fame, and ho received nnnibeisof "star" > ments at such pliees of as the Aqiumuro, the Civstal Palace, and tho London Pavilion, At each of these places ho wpiild walk a mile at .top during each", evening for about ■"'■'., a week, and. was;paid handsomely. Ho' also gave: an exhibition at the ■ -; Gaioty, in Birmingham, and at other - provincial towns ;in -England andi , Scotland, •Whereverhe7went heartily welcomed; and generally welt' ; treated.' NothitigJ ■;was 7'7 heard of the challenge he originally -- r made .to English pedestrian's -being ' ■> accepted, On their return toLon: ■'■■: don in November Scott withdrew tho . ■?■' challenge,"- with the : 'money/.frdm the' •>''•'' Sporting Life, and made arrangements 7 • '■■■ for; returning to New Zealand.'-' Thei \ fact of tlieir.starting, arid the day on' which tho vessel ! was"to leave, had"' ' been fully published, when 7 a notice • • sigued.by some of Hibberd's backer's • appeared, It was'to the effect'that Hibbeid would walk Scott on tho •:.- conditions' of the first challenge,' As all arrangements were jiade for start--ing, and the.challenge had been mijg over eleven months' without anyofflß'. taking .it _.iip, : -Scotfc and : AuatinT [ (and in this they were 1 supported ,by'v: ; the approval of Mr. Atkinson) declined 7 ; to acknowledge. it,7 This was fully", 7 explained by tho sporting papers,; and ' Scott's action was/approved; but.' ; through some misapprehension the' •'• idea gained currency in that they had ..not' been.: treating .7 Hibberd well.; They had marly 7 dis- \ •tingiiished" visitors to' their private." ■ work, as well as their -public perform- : *. aiiccs. Tlio Prince of Wales looked Ain at the second match with and expressed his approval of the NbW, Zealand lad's style of'wslkiiig; while '■"' Lords Charles Kerr and Largan were constant .patrons of the work.' the 7 Duchess of Montrose was present at : some of the matches,. The sporting ;• Press, before.Scott left England, gave": ' it as their opinion that his stylo of walking was the-' best they, had oyer, seen, and had taught the ißiitislierat;.'' something of the pluck of the ' ists. _ During the latter part of their 7 stay in England, thoy met. with the 7. ' heartiest goodwill, and ''open sesame" 7 was given them to, ail the public 77;' places, ; At the Prince "of Wales's : /,' ground, Bow, which tho'Sportsman'.. '' and' Sporting Life' practically keep • going, and which is a rendezvous for' all athletes;tliey were constant visitors while in London, and they saw and fraternised with boxers such as Kilrnin, Mitchell, Sullivan, an'd'othors.,'