PLOUGHING MATCH.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 84, 28 July 1876, Page 2

PLOUGHING MATCH.

[Per Pigeon Express.] > ♦■■ ; A ploughing match, under the auspices L of the Northern Agricultural and Pastoral i Association, took place to-day, in a pad--1 dock kindly lent by the Hon. Matthew s Holmes, of Oamaru. The attendance of 1 the public was considerably largef than ' we could have anticipated, and the interest manifested in the match was suffi- '. cient to prove that these contests are very popular with residents hi Oamaru and the t districts. The ground was a "wee" . brittle, but at the same time was conr sidered a fair lay of land. On the ground 3 was a bootli, under the superintendency r of Mr. M. Hanley, of the White Hart - Hotel, which was well patronised. 1 The ploughing commenced at 10 o'clock 1 precisely, and of the fifteen entries, fourteen came to the scratch, the names of 1 which were as follows : Et. Ploughman. Owner. Maker. 1. John .Milne M. Holmes Reid and Gray. 2. .John Henderson Did not compete Jack and Co. 3 3. G. Aitkenhead A. Aitkenhead Reid and Gray. 1 4. Alex. Grant A. Grant „ „ 5. GeorgeM'Donald GeorgeM'Donald „ ~ 6. Alex. Clydesdale Alex. Clydesdale Jack and Co. 7. Thomas "Dick Fleming &Hedley Reid and Gray. 8. Colin Campbell „ „ „ „ 9. Thomas Smith R. Stalker „ ~ 10. Thomas Currie Fleming-& Hedley Jack and Co. ,• 11. J. Camegay J. Carnegay ' Keid and Gray. 12. G. Warnock G. Wamock „ ~ - 13. W. Howden W. Hov.-den 14. W. M'Kenzie W. Craig • 15. Thomas M'Lay W. Craig „ „ f Junior Class—B. Et. Ploughman. Owner. Maker. T 1. James Finlayson John Forrester Reid and Gray. f 2. John Easton W. Easton „ ~ The result of the match was as fol- - lows : 1 A. Clydesdale 1 r A. Grant 2 r J. Carnegay ... ... ... 3 s Junior Class B. t James Finlayson ... ... 1 ; J. Easton 2