WASHDYKE PLOUGHING MATCH.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13709, 25 September 1908, Page 7

WASHDYKE PLOUGHING MATCH.

A PLEASANT HOLIDAY

Beautiful weather favoured the Wash dyke ploughing match yesterday, and tlio few score people who assembled in (lie afternoon to tec the twelve competitor compLU» their work, agreed tlctt the time had been parsed in a pleaLsant and interesting way. while tbe competitors certainly found the work interesting. It is four'years since a ploughing match was held at Washdyke, and if some Waimate ploughmen had not > come up, this one | would have been a failure. Some of the old • vivid recollectiote pf .the mipbrtance• Oiat was atfached to the annual ploughing matches in the early days, and still retain the opinion that 6uch contests are worth keeping up, for the hake of giving ploughmen an interest in the work," and encouraging a spirit "; of emulation in doing good work. It was one or two of theie, especially Mr M. Mate, of- Pleasant Point, who worked up the necessary preliminaries for the match of yesterday. Ho collected most of the subtxriptions to provide prizes. Mr J. B. Cochrane, lent his assistance, Mr B. Cochrane accepted tl»o post ,of secretary, and Mr kindly lent a very Miitable lea paddock opposite the racecourse pn the Temuka road. The entries being only a dozen the match was not to be compared vnthr the Kcent one at Wnimate in pdint of ntunbers, but thqre Mas equally good work done, ami perhaps equally poor worVr, "so that the visitors had variety of - rfnults on which to fxercise their judgment; and indeed the dozen ploughmen pi-ovided quite enough of that kyid of mental cxerdne, and of physiial excr-«-i«e in walking to aud fro along the heads of the ridgfk. Th<» }iaddock was nic-- auu even in quality except just at one edge where the ground was made crumbly by the shade ot trees and the spread of their toots. The soil was in very good condition for ploughing, though too dry to tnfce the high polish which prize-winning ploughmen like to see on the tipiurmu slice.

iui'' four cla.ve-n |>iovidcd- —A, oprn to all conic!s for prize ploughing ; M, tlm name work, for tiios-e ivho had not pivviou-iy won pri*tr>; C : , plain pioyghkig lor men: J>, plain ploughing: f< >t- ,\uu>iis under IU. ilk couiptluois 111 the voul ctaiß i> uumb-rcd -\+. HiJ. I. i. 1)2. 't liwork of all the teams watched in (orn with murh interest, .straight <>j>fw»rc admired. and ther*? wvre «tv« mi j>< rfcctiv straight. and very grea: miens! u.i> rdioui, iu tlw finishes not many of which w.ie tviillr well done. The straightcat ami vu-Muot Dnibii vac Uoiw by oih? of Uic youtho, bnt he had tnauie too wide a furrow, leaving 100 much gjoumi halt oi »o<«4e ftOtl- >oai'j of the competitor.* in tin.* A awl IS wviv appaunily not <ii> •(italttivd by agr for tl*- vouth> cla**. Inn tIK-ir skill had «|Ualilie<i ttiem tor Ui<. open 'ihv ploughing ttarttd at 10 a.m., and the. la*l man had jur>: lin*di..l at the call of time at 4 p.m. On "the who!- wiv good work was <lo»«'. i.uh oi it.s kin-j. "nigh cut.' and "plain." th>.* loimei by cwss a A and |J. Uie latter by and 0. and tiiel> w.i% lif usual disciif.Mim about iiic v,ilu- of tlie high tin for pi.icticai put ; n<atiy ail tli ■ Ihiiiki.h u u>t > opiinoiw* w.,iv a«fc< d by our lejiortcr. to prefer the hig.i cut • a ma:i«*i of theory and tor it* appliance, htii in |«laclicc til'V piOJtiti.d tnc "plain.' '1 h<? judgtr. wTi- : --For ploughing. Mr J>incl.iir -ol I!oitli«l<k .iu<i Son*'. mid Alt J. K*n>, Hook. For iior»<»» .md Icr !!■ ».«. It. tiling :<n>i 11. I . (. . Cochi.'iK*. Thfr following wer>- the decision* of ths judgrr . I'ti*. ,\ -llj»n to all; pnV,. «, £5. iXi, £1 -I* Htinirr > Wanii't* > 1, 11. Hunter (Wainutu 2. A .Itmnn iWiumiitfi It. l).f. i.-. jtim . i>» i (ini|>- [id <!.«»* H.---Oj>rti t» run pt!/.• !.ikei» : j'Mjc T*. i-" «. £2 \\. Oi\ an AV.i-hdyk< - ' 1. .1. It-niwuv T-ninka) 2 The t'tiiv i. in j»- titor i t . I*l .*ill ploughing. •>|'di : i, >. £2. £! -M Morgan l-muk.. 1. ?«<■: sMI Irlntjk ii t. .1. I.U. k i\V.i;l|iat« : > A ('.K'tit.'!!•■ '\\"ainut«- alio eomp<-'''l. < 0, I'i un pi"Ughmg. routh* under J?: £>. £'■ <• p. rk \Vaili.a>. !. \ iWa'iuivkc 2 '] h>- <>niy <-> m jMTt «. first *ll ike out t s .i>, ,\, h"'i>'' ">tr' li'iin Mi !®.ilV«.>n, IV Hiitu*:. 11. 1 > «t. ii"«i. It- 1f... .1 Mi:U. \V I» v ( l". sroplir 10« tvi. I'rit*! and H<.;d li t*!i*r I' Itophv, l!'.\«rr and V- igui.>ii. I." IVtk '

I Best finieh.—Class A, box of tea, N.M. | and A._ Company, G. Hunter. B. trophy, 10s 6d, G. and T. Young, J. Benbow. C, trophy, 10s 6d, J. McNab, A. Cochrane. D, tin of Pharos,) Bruce and Co., G. Peck. Straightest ploughing Spirit ilack, T>.I.C., G. Hunter.

Bt6t team on grotind. £2, £1 loi Brown 1, \V. Divan 2, B. Horgan 3. Best groomed team—Goods. C. Kelly, B. llmgati. * B«. et harn<i«s. £l. 10s—M. Horgan 1. A. Brown Z.

'. The cash pri/.ew were distributed 011 (he grouud, and orders giym for ,the specials, theeiji were given b/-way of thanks, severally for the judges,for Mr M. Maze, to whose etaergv tli« niatch w;.*> due, to Mr Slradbolt, for the use of the paddock", to the secretary, Mr B. Cochrane, to (he subscribers, and all who had assisted. Mr Sinclair gave the young ploughmen of the district a word of advice, and that was that when liexl a meeting was called to get up a ploughing match. thfy thould atund and form a yfommiUe*- thejn^eK' , <» and carry, out; the match. Make a big annual matclt of "it, idib a special 'train, and half'.fchc. (own coming out tVsceit (Applause.) , . . ' match being over, a cup'of tea was provided ou« of ,the homestead by ■Mr Shewan, who had-, provided lunch also; and over the refreshment many com - mendatory and congratulatory icinarks were made upon the match and the work done by the competitors.