PLOUGHING MATCH AND FOAL SHOW.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3115, 22 June 1881, Page 2

PLOUGHING MATCH AND FOAL SHOW.

The following is a fall list of the J ploughing competitions at Hastingi yesterday: — CHAMPION MATCH. Open to all comers; any plough. Ist prize, £5; 2nd, £3; 3rd, £1. Wm. Pulford, Jones' plough (owner) 1 Upsall Gray, Hornby's (Captain Russell) ... ... ~, 2 Henry Pulford, Hornby's (owner) .„ 3 John Davison, Hornby's (owner) ... 4 CLASS A. Single furrow ploughs, for men who had not won a first prize. Ist prize, £5; 2nd, £3 ; 3rd, £1 Hugh M'Donald, Hornby's plough (Arch. M'Lean) ... 1 Robt. Thompson, Hornby's (Arch. M'Lean) 2 Tbomas Prater, Hornby's (Mitchell) 3 CLASS B. Double and treble-furrow ploughs, let prize, £7 10s; 2nd, £4 10s; 3rd, £2. Wm. M'Donald, Doney's plough (trus- , tees late Jas. Watt's estate) ... 1 r Edwd. Reeves, Doney's (Archibald M'Lean) ... 2 Joseph Ryder, Eeid and Grav'fl (J. N.Williams) ". ... 3 —John Murphy (Reid and Gray's plough), John Ramsay (Reid and Gray's), Amos White (Doney's), Joha Frost (Ransome and Co.'s), and William Peeper (Hornby's) also competed. SPECIAL PRIZES IN CLASS B. Captain Russell's prize, £5 ss, for best work with a treble furrow plough; Mr M'Donald's prize, £2 2s, for second best work with treble-furrow plough. Amos White, Doney's plough (trus- — tees late Jas. Watt's estate) ... 1 George Frost, Ransome and Co.'s (J. D. Ormond) 2 v CLASS D., A... For boys under 18 years of age; any plough. Ist prize, £3; second, £2 3rd, 10s.—No entries, CLASS D., For Maoris only ; any plough. Ist prize, £5; second, £3. Hori, Hornby's plough ~'. . 1 Honi, Hornby's ... ... 2 . Ti.vai and Ratai, both with Hornby's y ploughs, also competed. The following were the prize-takers at the foal show : — COLTS. Ist prize, Society's medal; 2nd, certificate. John Heslop's colt by Robin Adair— Highland Mary ... 1 John Heslop's colt by Robin Adair— Nellie ... ... 2 There were six other colts competing. The colt exhibited by the trustees of the late James Watt won Mr Douglas M'Lean's special prize of the value of £10 10s, and Mr Ormond's colt Jessie by Canny Scotchman was commended. fillies. . Ist prize, Society's medal; 2nd, certificate. J. D. Ormond's filly (8 months) by Canny Scotchman—Darby ... 1 J. Heslop's (3 months) by Robin Adair ••• ••• 2 Douglas M'Lean's (8 months) by '. Berlin Congress—Lucy 3 AThe dinner that always brings the j annual ploughing matches to a fitting *~~ termination "was held at Mr Beecroft's Hotel, Hastings, Mr J. Bennett in the chair, and Mr R. Wellwood, in the vicechair. Between fifty and sixty sat down to a most excellent repast, to which full justice having been done the usual loyal toasts were given and heartily responded to. The following other toasts were then proposed and drunk with due honors:—By the Vice-chairman, "The successful Competitors"; by Mr J. Moore, " The unsuccessful Competitors "; v_, by the Chairman, -■ The Maori Competitors," to which Hori Mangaria returned thanks; by the Chairman, " The Judges," responded to by Mr White ; by Mr White " Local Industries," coupled with the names of Messrs A. Jones and 0. Doney, responded to by Mr Doney ; by the Vice-chairman, " Kindred Agricultural and Pastoral Societies," responded to by Mr Wolters, secretary to the Waxrarapa society; by Mr Moore, " The \ donors of special prizes" ; " Host and >■ Hostess," "The Ladies," and "The Press," followed each other, and were duly acknowledged. Songs were sung between each toast, and the party broke up after a most enjoyable day.