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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 153, 14 June 1932, Page 5

ness and time. Time allowed, 1 hour. First prize £1 10s, 2nd Ils, 3rd ss. Entry fee Is. Post entry. SPECIAL PRIZES. Silver Challenge Cup value £7, presented by Pourerere Coast residents. — Cup to be held for one year and then winner receives a miniature. For tho man finishing first and gaining at least 40 per cent, of points in any of the Ploughing Classes with a double-furrow plough. Four-horse Team showing most care and attention.—First prize £2, 2nd £l. Mr F. L. Tiffin’s Challenge Cup, value £8. —Cup to be held for one year and then winner to receive a miniature. For Best Four-horse Team. Horses to be the property of one man. Local teams. Pair of harm Horses, most suitable for ploughing, that have never won a first prize. Must be working as a pair in the team.—First prize £l, 2nd 10s. Best Alare, most suitable for ploughing.—First prize £l. 2nd 10s. Best Gelding, most suitable for ploughing.—First prize £l, 2nd 10s Best Decorated Team.—£2. Youngest Ploughman.—£l. Chain Stepping. — Ladies’ prize trophy, Gents’ prize trophp. Entry 6d Weight Guessing.—Ladies’ prize J sheep, Gents’ prize j sheen. Entry 6d. Ploughs consigned to Match Secretary at Otane will be taken to tho ground and returned free of charge. Free accommodation for teams overnight. Chain Stepping and Weight Guessing Competitions on all day. Entries for Ploughing Events close with Hon Secretary on SATURDAY, July 9th, at 8 p.m. Admission: Ladies Is, Gents Is, Children free. A SOCIAL will be held in the Patangata Hall in the evenin';, when prizes will be distributed. Admission 5s or by ticket. RULES AND CONDITIONS. 1. The area to be ploughed will be allotted by the Stewards. Horse Ploughing to commence at 9.30 a.m. sharp, Tractors at 10.30 a.m., and stop at 3 p.m. All Competitors shall stop half an hour for lunch. 2. Class A. Ground shares allowed with lift as defined in Rule 3. 3. The matches are lor the improvement of home ploughing. Competitors will be allowed to have cut oil their skeiths. No Competitor to have more than fjiu. cut on his shares. Ail ploughs will be examined by a Judge appointed, and the above Rule will be strictly adhered to. 4. No assistance will be allowed Competitors, except in the erection and removal of poles. 5. Every Competitor shall plough not less than five inches deep, and 9in. wide. 6. All teams shall start and stop at given signal. 7. Every competitor shall plough the lot he draws. 8. Competitors shall strike from peg to peg, bearing their number, gather three rounds, and then split us directed. 9. No Competitor shall stop his neighbour fo ra longer time than ten minutes. Anything in excess of the said lime shall bo deducted from the time of the ploughman causing the delay, and gnen to the benefit of the ploughman delayed, and any Competitor holding up another Competitor for more than half an hour will be disqualified. 10. Protests as to delay shall be made to the Steward at the time the delay is caused, otherwise they will not be allowed. 11. Either three or four horses shall constitute a team. 12. Competitors shall strike out with their lull team, but the finish shall be optional as to the number of horses used. 13. Competitors, before starting, shall receive a ticket with their number on it, and on completion of their land the Steward in charge shall mark the time finished and collect the ticket lor the Judges. 14. The decision of the Judges shall be final and cannot be upset in any Court of Law. 15. No Competitor shall be allowed on his land after finishing until the completion of the judging. 16. The ploughing shall be judged on points, and the scale of points shall be drawn up by the Farmers’ Union Ploughing Match Committee. The points gained by placed men will be printed in results, and the points gained by all Competitors he also available. 17. Any details not provided for in the Rules, and any dispute arising therefrom, or in connection with the interpretation of the Rules, shall be referred to the Ground Committee, whoso decision shall be fipal. 18. The Committee reserves tho right to alter or rescind any of the above Rules, or to alter the date of tho matches should occasion arise. 19. All protests or objections shall he made in writing, accompanied by a deposit of 10s and lodged with the Secretary within fifteen minutes of the completion of the judging and the announcement of the Judge’s decision. If the protest be considered frivolous or vexatious the deposit, shall be forfeited absolutely. W. A. TOD, Hon. Secretary. 922 Phone 17M, Otane.