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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

McKay, John

McKay, John , Farmer, Gummies Bush. Mr McKay has a compact farm of 120 acres, and carries on mixed farming. He has at various times exhibited thoroughbred horses at Invercargill and Riverton. Mr McKay was born at Ardnarff, Ross-shire, Scotland, in 1864, and came to New Zealand with his mother in 1872. He was educated at Gummies Bush, where his mother had settled, and worked on his mother's farm until about 1894, when he bought a small farm of ninety acres. This he sold, in order to settle on his present farm, which he had bought just previously. Mr McKay takes a great interest in horse racing, and has bred several horses of some note, and still breeds. He has ridden his own horses on many occasions. He is now a steward, and also time-keeper, for the Riverton Racing Club, and has, as a committeeman, been connected with the club for fifteen or sixteen years. Mr McKay was for seventeen or eighteen years a member of the Riverton Rifles, of which he was sergeant, and is now a member of the Rifle Club. As a rifleman, he has attended the New Zealand Association meetings on two occasions, and several meetings of the local association. He was winner one year of the medal as best shot of the Southland district, and was four times holder of the Riverton Rifles Belt. In 1896, he married a daughter of the late Mr James Morley, of Kidderminister, England, and has two sons and two daughters.

Gerstenkorn, photo Mr. And Mrs J. McKay.

Gerstenkorn, photo
Mr. And Mrs J. McKay.