PRIZE LIST.

Bruce Herald, Volume IX, Issue 820, 18 July 1876, Page 5

PRIZE LIST.

'■ y.) : ? . . ■;■;;•: /ciisJuA,Tr..'!'li-';:«: O| ; )pen to all. First prize, £4, the Champio'h Belt, and a:.pa;ir of .Jeggings, 'the gift of Messrs f Marry ate and Moore; second, £2 10s, and :, ' albert chain, th'e'gift of Mr T. Nutsf ord ; '■■}'' thtrdj a ( isvaterprG6f('coat, valued! at £2, tlie ■y •■■■gift o* Mr E. "Stewart. . I. '• PLOUGHMAN. OWNER. PLOUGH. ' ? BWf'atbn-; 1 ;< D.Paton ■ Ponton "" "'1 R. Kennedy :J.R. Moore "do • .2 ,]VY. Hewitson A. Hewitson do 3 F. Black F. Black do 0 W.J.D.C. Reid W.J.D.C. Reid do 0 J. Tough J. Tough do ...0 W. F.Olvristie W.F. Olni3tie do " 0 '■■• ; . Class B. Open to all who had never won a first or second prize. First prize, £3, and a watch guard, i the gift of Mr Humphreys ; second, £1, and vjl; ' a waterproof, the gift of Messrs Soiitter and ' Gray ; third, £l, and a.pair of leggins, the gift of Mr Boraman ; fourth, 15s, and a meerschaum pipe, the gift of Mr T. Poole. PLOUGHMAN. . OWNER. PLOUGH. W. Hewitson . A. Hewitson Ponton 1 J. K. Salmond John Salmond do 2 J. Hardy James Watt Bryce Bros. 3 H,; Robinson Mrs Robinson Ponton Vi 4 "W^Lindsay Geo. Lindsay, . Bryce Bros. 0 T:Tleid :;i "'• ; John Porter Ponton "0 J. Tough J. Tough do 0 J. Murray R. Murray. do 0

'■•'■ • Class C. ' Open to youths _. Tinder IS years of age. First prize, £1, and a hat, the gift of Mr A. Matheson.' ,!.'.'. . .. PLOUGHMAN. OWNER. PLOUGH. J. Wright, jun. J. Wright, sen. Ponton 1 There were no other competitors in this class. V 'Cwss'D. Double-furrow ploughs. Open to' all. First prize, £1 Is, and a set of three leaved har-. rows, the gift of Messrs Reid and Grey ; second,! £3, and a box of tea, the gift of Messrs J. Anderson and Co, ; third, £2, and an engraving, the gift of Mr Wm. Taj'lor; fourths £1, and an engraving, the. gift of Mr F. G. Johnstone. ; ,

TLOUGUHMAN. •' OWNER. PEOUGH. D. Hislop Hislopßros. Reid. & Grey 1 M. Murray It. Murray do „ ; _ , : 2 W.Murray . IngliS Bryce Bros. 3 A. t jßrdwnL, %[<} VJQBeph: Parker Keid^Grey 4 D.' Cameron BryceJßros. do 0; D. Johnston J. Martin Bryce Bros. 0 A.Allison J. &J. Allison Jack 0 W Montgomery J. Eeid ' Reid & Grey 0; John Gullen James Oullen ?■ do 0 '■' '. SrECIAL PEIZES. ;? Jr .:;H • •" For the best team out' (two-horse team),, prize £1 Is, the gift of Messrs Draper and Johnston — H. Robinson.

For the best turn . put. (three,horse tcRMi) prize £1 Is, the gift of Mr Andrew M 'LareiW D. -Cameron.' ; ' ' "" "''

Eprrthe.be.st. harness ;on the; ground,' prize £1 ■ls,the gift of Mr S. Clegg— F. Black.

For the best kept harness in general use, prize a riding whip, the gift of Mr James Lockhart — W. J. Christie. . . ■:, •■• -

For the,.bestj finish on the ground, prize £1 Is, the gift of Mv;W, J. Dyer— A. Kennedy. < '

For tie best break on the field, prize a set of ■feeriug [Doles, the gift of Messrs J. Diekson and .Son— \V. Reid.

For the best, groomed horses, prize a felt hat, valued at IQs.Gd, the gift of Mr James' ivl'Millan — 11. Eobhison. ,

For the oldest ploughman on the ground, prize a walking-stick-, the gift of Mr Ah Yeng — D. Patou.

' For the ploughman with the largest family, prize a hat, valued at ISs 6d, gift of Mr D, Ihinkerton — W. M array.

For the best-looking ploughman on the ground (married), prize a red, white, and blue rosette, the gift of Mis F. Julius— W. Murray. For the best-looking ploughman on the ground (single), prize, the gift of Mr J. J. Atkinson — W. Reid.

In connection with the last two special prises, it may he mentioned that Mesdames Goodall and Martin, acted as judges, the prizes being' awarded by Mrs J. J. Atkinson. THE SUPPEH.

The supper was held at the White Horse Hotel, where an excellent repast had been prepared by Mr Fred. Bastings. There were about fifty persons present, the chair being occupied by Mr James Scott, President of the Tokomairiro Farmers' Club, and the vice-chairs by Mr W. J. Dyer, Mayor of Milton, and Mr James Goodali, the exiinayor.

The toasts of " Her Majesty the Queen and the other members of the Royal Family," and " His Excellency tli£':Gi-o-vemor " having been proposed and' duly honored, the Chairman proposed "The Army, Navy, and Volunteers." Song, by Mr Matheson—" The Crook and Plaid." Mr J. J. Atkinson responded to the toast, saying that the volunteer force of ! New Zealand could compare favorably with the force of other colonies. We had never had any experience of the disgraceful proceedings that had lowered the cliaractcr of the volunteer force in Australia, until the dispute in connection with the Puchardson Fusiliers arose.

Mr James Goodall proposed the health of his Honor the Superintendent, Mr Macandrew. He said that Mr Macandrew had sacrificed his own property and comfort in his endeavors to make the 'Province. 1 prosperous and happy. We had never had a better Superintendent. He thought it a pity that the Provincial Councils should be abolished, especially as Otago was the most prosperous of the whole of the Provinces. He attributed that prosperity to the action of Ins Honor the Superintendent, whose heilih lie would ask them to drink, coupled with the name of Mr Hobert Murray. — (Applause.)

Mr Robert Murray returned thanks on behalf of the Superintendent and the Provincial Council, and s:iid that they had clone a great deal of good in their day. Although the members of the Council might never meet agauv by their works we should know them.— (Hear, hear.) "We might fare worse by and bye, and the anticipated saving through the change in our system

of government might turn out to be a very (small one. FI c. thanked, them for the hearty -'manner in which the toast had >been received.

■' '-S6ii|,j : by ! Mr % Grant—" Simon the Cellarer,."; . ■ ''„

■! The Chairman rose to propose tlie toast •of " The Judges," and said he knew that all present would join' with him in doing honor ;to. those gentlemen who had come from a distance to give .their decision upon the work done by the competitors at the

match.:. 3?oi". : his: own part .he .asserted •fthajfc jthoy-.'-lw^ce'. ;thej best .judges', /we'ihtij:l ever had in the district. Each of th|e judges hadrihSftsglf; beqnrja*. prize ploughman, and had taken prize after prize in various districts jhijOtago. It would b|e impossible to get men who were better on the subject, of, gqod^plougly t ilag,"' aM lie Was' sure ' tliat 'tlie* decisiioiiifoJF the judges would be satisfnetory to^the public. He 'w'oultV ' tfbV ask them to drink to the health of Messrs Macfarlane, Carraichael, and Howclen. — (Applause.)

Mr John Macfarlane, in responding, said that the Chairnian had been flattering him and his brother Judges.^ He lni'gKti'sK^'that ! he wW 7 intimately acquainted with his brother judges, and as they were 1 Jiot likely to go ;/ a,way until the next morning, they would be ready to go to the ground; witfc anyone who was' dissatisfied with their decision and explain their : Treasons* j f or . coming to the iconelusion they had given. If they had made any mistake it; only arose from -an, error of" judgment Too often the men were judged and not f the work, and, ! it i sprn^times liappened at'showsthat the owners were judged and not the horsey, ; The time had arrived when "that sort, oU thing should be done away with. Let, them select for their judges' 'persons whodid not care which were the "men and which were the-masters — who were itidi-; pendent aad free in their actions. It was' of no use to say that a man could not-b'e-beaten because he had never been beaten before. . Thei'ei was no good reason.; why such a man should not be beaten at any time. : As far. as. -fch /cleciskms ,o£ tha|telaywent, he mi : ght say that he was pleased' with his own, and those of the .other judges, for they were unanimous." They picked out. the takers of the first, s.ecojicj.-, and thml prizes after they had goheVnce over the ground. „If any one^of .the competitors 5 HvaWle'cT tok'now whfliV did not take a prize he (Mr jVlacfarlane) would go over the ground" witTi him and point out to him why he had failed. — (Hear, hear.) They came there to judge ploughing; and they^had"-dbn'6>'sO; '■ He'hoped the Committee would, never get worse judges. — (Applause. 1 ) "' '" Mr Carmichael also responded to the toast, and said that" the ploughing that day had been better than any he had seen for some years past.* ' l "' ' The Chairman asked the company to excuse Mr Howclen, who was young and bashfiil.-^-^atight'er:) ; lj Mr John Macfarlaue proposed — " The successful competitors." They had all heard of;" Jpairvit ;Patpn.>W— ( Applause.) The judges had not the slightest hesitation in giving their decision, and the first prize and the champion belt were given to him- -''■ ■• '■'=■ •'■ ; ' ''-■' ' '■' "' Song by Mr Bryce — " Ca' a bottle more." Mr JDavid Paton thanked .those; present for the way in which, they Had received the toast. He was of opinion that the judges had expressed themselvesin a properway. It- was '■'- nob right th-at the judges should be men who knew little or nothing- about ploughing,- andin the present case he. thought everyone would be satisfied. — (Hear, hear.) He was not much of a speaker,, but he thanked them for the way in which the toast had been received.— (Applause.) /-•■■■ : The Chairman said he had a very im-; portant duty to perform— to present the champion belt to Mr David Paton. This was the second occasion on which Mr Paton had successfully competed for the belt, aiid the more ' credit was due to him from the fact that he had also taken the prize for being the oldest ploughman on the field.— (Applause): • , Three cheers were then given for the successful competitors.

Mr; D. Paton proposed " The unsuccessful competitors," and said that he had never seen a better ploughed paddock iv Tokomairiro than that in which the match had been. held- that day. — (Hear, hear.) He. thought that unsuccessful competitors had great reason to be proud. He would couple the toast with the name I of Mr F. Black. Song by Mr W. Hewitson— " The i bonnie hills of Scotland."

The. Chairman said that the young man who should .have responded to the last toast was rather bashful . A young lady who felt her heart bleed for him had handed him (Mr Scott) a rosette, in order that he might present ife to Mr Black as a sort of consolation. He had been instructed to place the rosette on Mr Black's bosom. —(Laughter and applause). The Chairman having presented the I rosette to Mr Black, said hehadanother one in his possession, hut he was sorry to say that the person for whom it was intended was not present. He. (Mr Scott) had a good mind to keep it himself. Two married men came forward as competitors for the prize for. the best looking married ploughman on the ground, and the matter was referred to arbitration. After the decision had 'been given, however, it was found that the two "were so much alike that it was impossible to tell which was which. lt.was ; therefore; _de : cided that the loser .of the prize sho'ukl be presented with a rosette. Mr "W". Murray had received one prize, Mi* Murdoch Murray received the other. — (Applause.) Mr W. J. Dyer proposed, the next toast — r" Success to the Tokoinairiro Farmers' Club." He referred to the J time when it was first proposed to start such a club ; when a meeting was called; aud when only five persons assembled. Some of those persons were present. -..'He ! was told that lie ought to help to' start the Club. He did so, : and/Jie; was.proud :to see it in such a good position as it was at the present time. Those' present would; perhaps excuse him if he . ventured to' oiler a few remarks. ' ! What' he wauted to Isay was, that he would like, to, see the. Club 'offer more prizes for stock to be brefl than for stock that already existed.'

•He- would depart from the question of ploughing. If 1 ;^erjoliib did-as? he /had suggested, he thought more would |be done towards the improvement of .stock of various kinds. .A t, the' .present "time those who were the'' judges" generally knew which was tne ftest' Tibfse or : mare in the district'befoVe-the* show was held. If it was kriowtf that; at a^r future date a prize waukl.be, given ion the best beast three y.ears ;o|^age,..breeders would improve tiieii' s^toc)v in the. hope of obtaining the. prize. ..^Vith' reference to ploughing, he' could 1 nof sajrithat he knew much 'ab6^s ?r th'e matter, but he thought the remarks he had made' had so Me connection with the toast he- had been " asked to propose — "Success to the. Tpkomairiro Farmers' Club." : , .. •, .;., w ,..:-. Song by Mr Bryce—^^he emigrant's farewell." fl ' '' .[ '' ., "'. ",'.' Mr J. A. Henders6n"skid he had great pleasure in responding to : the toast, for he had for ;the last thr&e years been associated rwifchj I : the gentlemen who had the management, of affairs of the Club. .That connection was one to which hegouid^loplc jback with pleasure, for during that time 'he had worked with them in a pleasant manner. He must state the 1 menrber^ qf the Committee had nevev spared any pains to make £he Club successful— they had neither spared their tiuie nor 'their >money. ; Every ©ne of those who were members of the Ceinmittee had subscribe"d : ; liberally to -ohe funds of the Club-, and. had also giv,en mmc and atjbe^vfcioiir to" .. the business. lie regretted feH:at\niany, settlers o£ : the diS)tri% lj.ad not ' s}iiipjgi\tec^ the „ Giub, or vworketl harmqnioiisl-y ' with' the Ce'mm e. e itt — (Hfe'ary' hear:) ; He^was spry for 'this, as the loss was the loss of -'the setters referred to; :> A llittle given in I>he way of money, and a little more interest; taken in the mutches, would redound to, the interest of the settlers. Jfre 4id not mean to suy , for. a 'monieiit that the Farmers' Clufr bad beeti^ 'iihsuccessful in its mission. He thought thfit' any improvement, or a great deal of the improvement, that ! had' taken, place in the breed of stock :in .the* district might be ascribed to the action of. the Tokomairiro Farmers' Club. He..:fvlsQ ..thought that those who had come from a distance would' sayl'Chat" day's 'niatdh: iw^as creditable to the district/ He; hoped that every one iii the township -and in- the district woiilclj.in the future, 'cordially' co-operate with/the Committee, of the Club; He thanked t^hem again^ for -the manner in 'which tlie toast'hadjoeen received." Before :hq. -sat: down ; he had-, another -toa§t tp.proiposa ■ He ,ta : those, who, during •the last few years, had- subscribed to the funds: Of the Club and promoted its success. ;• He -referred to the tradesmen in the towDslup of, Milton. He did not know'bf a single case in which anyone engaged in trade in- the township had refusGcf to subscribe whenever a match or a show was to be held. He had to propose

"The Commercial "'interests," and he woulu couple the toast with the name of Mr J. J. Atkinson.

Mr A.tkinsqii expressed his sense of the h 01191" conferred upon h'un. In the course of his remarks he referred to the large prizes that were offered by the Tapanui Ploughing Match Committee— piizes that attracted competitors from all parts of the, Province— and stated that the inhabitants of an enormous district like Tokomairiro should be able to on^er prizes equally attractive. Mr " J. : S. Fleming proposed—" The Mayor and Town Oouncil . of Milton." Fie remarked that he had never seen a township in which the ratepayers' money had been so well spent as in Milton. He wished to couple the toast with the names of the Mayor, Mr W. J- Dyer, and Mr A. D. Duncan..

Song by Mr H. Mayhew. Mr W. J. Dyer and Mr A. D, Duncan briefly responded to the toast. Mr Ja-mes GobdalL proposed — "The agricultural r and pastoral interests," coupled with the name of Mr E. Grigor of Balclutha.

Ml- Grigbr in responding thanked Mr Goodallf6r connecting his name with the toast, and regretted tlnft he was not able to respond in a suitable hmmiei\ He would only be too glatl to do anything in his power to promote the ■ welfare of the agricultural and pastoral interests in Tpkojimirivo. He had bisen. connected \vf:h "bofli in th<3 way of trade, .boSh in the* (Jlutha and .SjJntliJand districts. It might not seem proper for him to say so, bufc it appeared to him that both the interests he was responding to had been assisted to a great extent '-by those who were engaged ia trade in the district. Tn conclusion, he would say the agricultural and pastoral interests were the bone and marrow of the country. — (Applause.) Sons by Mi F- Bastings — "Kiss me quick." I Mr K. .Grigor proposed—" The mining interest," coupled with the names of Mr I \V. J. Dyer and Mr F. Grant.

■ Mr "W. J. Dyer, iii responding to the toast, referred to the cleaning up at the Uruce Company's claim on the previous day. If they had been present he could have shown 'them a large cake of gold.

Mr If rank Grant also responded, and said that in a shove time Milton would be a better place than it had ever been. Some people attributed the existing depression to the railway. He did nofc believe in that explanation'; ho put th?. " bad times " down to the action of a certain institution. People had been put in a false position, and were now feeling the result. He thought it vas a disgrace to Tokomairiro that better prizes were not offered 'at the ploughing inarches, so as to bring competitors from all parts of the GJolony. -•" After the toasts of " The Press," " The Ladies," " The Chairman and ViceOhairmap,!' andf The Host and Hostess," had been proposed and responded to, the company dispersed.