SOUTH CANTERBURY PLOUGHING MATCH.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CVI, Issue 12588, 24 August 1901, Page 2

SOUTH CANTERBURY PLOUGHING MATCH.

There was a A-ery fair attendance .at tho South Canterbury Ploughing Match at Orari on Thnrad'ay. Toe ploughing was considered bolter than previous competitions in the district. 'Messrs Richard living (Albury), John Patterson (Totara) and Kennedy (Temuka), were judges. There was very keen competition for the championship, and riiasl of the finishes were good. The following are the results o-l the match; — . • ■ . 'Class A; prizes £4, £3, £2 and £l—Norman Gray, Oarnaru, 1; M. 'Brophy, Orari, 2; W. Brown Orari, 3; W. Bell, Winchester, 4. Best fearing—M. Brophy 1, W. Brown 2. B-esii finish—W. Brown 1, M.. Brophy 2. Straighto3s ploughing—M. Brophy 1. -Champion, best ploughing on the ground—Norman Gray. , „ „ ■Class prizes £3, £2 and £l—F. Donnathorne I. Alfred Cripps 2, F. Hawke 3. Best fearing—F. Donniithorn© 1, F. Hawke 2. Best finish—F-Donnithorne 1, A. Cripps- 2. .. -Class C (one entry); second prize £2—T. Lyons 1. Lyons also got the trophies for finish and fearingBest ins and Gray. Best team of three—W. Broivn 1, F. Don-mthome 2. Best kept harness—W. Brown 1, F. Donnithorne 2. . At the close a dinner was given at Quirk© s Hotel, at AVhich there aMs -a large attffndance of settlers and others. ' Mr A. W. Ensor presided, and an iriteresling toast list was gone through. In reply to the health of the judges, Mr Patterson spoke very -highly of the match, saying that the ploughing was as good as any he had sosn anywhere. He avbs of opinion that there should bo .three ploughing matches every year—one in each county—and a cham»ion match once in three years.