DRYBREAD.

Dunstan Times, Issue 246, 11 January 1867, Page 3

DRYBREAD.

[FROM OVU. OWN CORRESPONDENT. 1 ] C a January 7, 1867. S The >'ew Tear's Sports did not end •■with the glorious races which were hel •on Tuesday and ' ednesday last, but athletic contests of a mosr, exciting class were . •carried on over the following two days— Thur-day and Friday. Competitors bad b •come from lexandra, Clyde, Cromwell, St. Ba+han's and other districts, but the j Cromwell athletes carried .off most-of the fi best prizes. j The chief event on Friday was a grand •wrestling match -' xumberlaud style—for a considerable sum of money, between \'r Kinross of t. Batban's and Mr Robert > 'Moran of Drybread ; the former being . the starter and the latter the clerk of the _ course, during the races on the previous * days. Mr Kinross, being about six feet three inches in height, and Mr M'Moran & ■about five feet four or five inches. The former bad considerable advantage in , reach and stature as well, but the latter £ beina of a much sturdier build stood on ,j his pins as firm as an oak tree. The contending parties eyed each-other with cons;doraVile cant ; on for an opening to have the best ".grip" and after much fencing in „ the orthodox style, a ".lock" was at last effected, and the-struggle was a most interesting one. Mr "Kinross' 'engthy " un- c •derstandincrs" being well and firmly-spread, gave Mr M'Moran more trouble than he could overcome, and on the other hand, the firm build and stamina of the latter

pave 'Vtv Kinross infinitely more "work than he ever anticipated, ' fter one of the longest and gameat struggles art the .meeting, Mr Kinross succeeded in turning his man over clearly, amidst uproarious cheers from the St. Bathan's division.

man over clearly, amidst uproarious cheers from the St. Bathan's division. { Nothing could possibly prove more ,s satisfactory than all the events during the <i four days the sports lasted, and the liberality of the residents of,the district and i also of ~t. Bathan's in contributing to the i necessary funds, was beyond all praise. 1 lie stewards have every reason to be ; i proud of the anangements-madeby fhfni, ( l ar;d a word of crtdit is due to the booth- < holders, Messrs V ellor, HincLcliff, and, Hyan. 'The drinkables supplied by (hem '". ■were of the choicest class, and no attempt:' -whatever was made to pa=s off deleterious articles, as unprincipled booth-holders at, race-meetinge id the mother country too frequently <io. '