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No 74 : August 11, 1960

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Wheelbarrow Derby

On August 17, 1935, a wheelbarrow derby was held from the hotel at Makaraka to the hotel at Matawhero, and as far as anybody knows, the event has never been repeated in the district until the Saturday before last, if Alan Rowlands effort from Gisborne to Makaraka a year or two back is not counted.

On this occasion, twelve starters lined up at the barrier for a two or three mile jog round the block from the Matawhero hotel. Colin Cameron, pushing Ray Kerr, was the winner, for stakes put up by the hotel licensee, Harry Campbell.

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The lineup (pushers mentioned first). From left, Bryan White and Mick White; Win Wrigley and Tom Langford; Terry Gallagher and Frank Hollis; Bryan Clarke and Cecil Brown; and (nearest camera) Doug Webster.

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The winner at the half-way point.

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somehow Win Wrigley and Tom Langford got a long way ahead of everybody else; so much so they had to wait at the saleyards for the field to catch up.

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The winners at the finish

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Fresh as daisies, here they come!

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As the setting sun sinks slowly in the west, Frank Hollis, who somehow "lost his hoss" on the way, hobbles painfully towards the finishing line.

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Perc McKinlay and Bill Dunstan rode in style, drawn by a horse named Sweeney.

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Harry at the prizegiving.

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