MARTINBOROUGH.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3597, 26 August 1890, Page 2

MARTINBOROUGH.

(Fr«m Ouv Own Correspondotitl. . The leading topii? Here jiist now ij the drag hunt that is to takp place * at Kaiwaiwai on Tuesday. It being the first Affair of the kind in this part i ot the Valley, great interest .is.,being manifested in it, anil it ia anticipated ■ that fully 200 huntsmen and specta- • i tors will.be present. Aa we have 1 some of the crack steeplechasers at I tho southern end- of the district,1. including Puanga, Donkey, and many ■ I other well-known cross country horses' : we shall no doubt oraditably acquit 1 ourselves in our attempt to imitate the c more pretentious meet, The locality 3 chosen !b an admirable one. The s course is takon over the small farms t of Kaiwaiwai, including Mr Good- " r >, rick's, T, Benton, senr, W. Bioknell, t W. 0. Williams, and J. Feast's, The s course will bo - about 4 miles, over . s furze, hedges, -aboat J mile apart, a Where a wire fenco occurs the wires b are to be taken down and replaced y -

battena. A word of praise is duo to the promoters for the, prompt action tlioy took in the matter, Mr W. E, Bidwill, who; I believe was the moving spirit in the affair. They are also to be congratulated on the success they bare obtained finan- ; W — oiaily, for I 'hear on good authority that.after paying all expenses, amounting to about L 35, there will probably be a surplus of L'JO towards starting a Club in the Wairatapa. We fully expect a representative contingent from your district, Mr Bevan, of the firm of Andrews and Bevau, manufacturers of farming implements, of Christchurch, has been horo for a few days, and expressed himself surprised uud pleased attho forward state of our pastures in comparison to the South Island. He remarked {hat they were sadly in, want of more rain down there. f W All large, and a good many small sheep farmers aro going into the method of feeding their sheep on oliaff. It is found to aot very benefi- ' cially and bring them to maturity much quicker than the. old plan of grazing only. On some of tho stations in the South Island they hare boxes that willhold B'x tons of chaff at a time r.nd aro self feeding, At present here those holding soren owt. aro preferred. All kinds of designs of boxes pre .us id,, but those used on ane Puruatanga stations are considered to work the most satisfac«Mr tory. I have no hesitation in saying that anyone who thinks of adopting this plan of feeding sheep will be >?ell repaid by a visit to either of the ■ stations mentioned, and I am sure wil be gladly given any information by the proprietors, ■ .Theseoonddancoof the Quadrille : Club was lield Here last Saturday, It was a lovely evening, and promises to bo a aucceas beforo tho season is out. I was not present on -tliis ocoasioa s must omit to note the belle for th 0 evening, My last critique of it cause. « i quite a mild flutter with tho fair B6XsjS^ ;