Sports, pastimes and other forms of recreation are well provided for in Blenheim, which has three social clubs; namely, the Marlborough, the Blenheim and the Working Men's. The Marlborough Racing Club holds a two days' meeting twice a year on its well appointed racecourse, where the local Trotting Club also holds meetings. Athletic and social clubs are well supported, and sports and recreational exercises are held on borough reserves and private grounds. The Rowing Club's shed stands at the junction of the Omaka and Opawa, and motor launches, pleasure boats, and racing outriggers are often seen on the beautiful reaches of the rivers. The Acclimatisation Society has stocked all the rivers with trout, and the largest of these fish yet (1905) angled in New Zealand—a 30-pound trout, preserved in the Tourist Department's rooms in Wellington—was landed within a very short distance of Market Place, Blenheim. Young fish are still yearly distributed from the local hatcheries. The Marlborough Agricultural and Pastoral Association has private grounds, on which it holds successful annual shows. Blenheim has a Literary Institute, with a public reading room and a good circulating library, but the institution is at present (1905) open only on three days of the week. Marlborough has a bright and bracing climate, abounds in fine scenery, and has much to interest the artist, sportsman, and tourist.