GORE A. & P. ASSOCIATION.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 7, Issue 420, 23 December 1884, Page 2

GORE A. & P. ASSOCIATION.

A special meeting ,of the' committee was held on Saturday afternoon at Green and B^uness' office, when there vva- a full attendance of members, the president (Mr .W. A. , Donald) being in the chair. L The minutes of the last meeting having been read, Mr Chisholm asked if it was 1 customary to insert in the minutes ; motions which weie not seconded. — Mr Canning thought the question was were the minutes . a faithful record of what took place. He thought they were, and would move' that they be confirmed. — Mr Coutts seconded the motion, which was carried. In reference to • the. motion referred to, Mr Waddcll said the ■ chairman did not;refuse to put it. Members - left; the room. — Mr Ginning, although he did' not desire 'warfare, contradicted' Mr Wa'ddell. He had refused to put the motion ' not; once, nor twice, but thrice. The chairman then said that the cause of ; the meeting was well ku->wn. He regreited that it was so unpleasant a one. He thought that Mr Waddell should be called upon for an explanation of his actions op. the day of ' the rihow. Such an explanation ha-l no.t ■ been made. Mr Waddell explained the cause of the disturbance. He expected that the rules of 1 the Association would have been observed. Me pai'l las entry money under that expectation. He had been showing now for 20 years, and might be expected to know what to do. They entered into a contract with exhibitors, and should not depart from it. One of the conditions was that there should be three judges appointed in the stock classes. To iiis astonishment he saw only two in the ring 1 , and the secretary would give no ex- ■ planation of it. No meeting of the committee was called, and no reason given why this was n >t done. The Secretary interposed that Mr Wad-, dell had no reason to grumble, as he had been accused of being too intimate with judges before. He would repeat the remark if necessary. , * Mr Waddell resumed, and repeated an altercation which took place on fhe ground between the secretary and himself. He (Mr Waddell) had no alternative as vice-presi-dent of the Association but to act) as he did. He repeated that it was decided, that three judges should act. These entries were received under certain conditions, and before those conditions could be set aside ', a meeting of , committee should have been called. His grievance was that one or two had usurped the rights of the many, and he wonlii do : the' same if the Emperor of France -were one of the judges. Things of this kind would ; ieart to the ruin of any young Association. ' He admitted that perh'ips'he washasty'in speaks ing to the judges as he did. As to -removing some of his horsn.--, that was done, in order that they might be fed and rested for the Wyndham show, ami in that he meant; no disrespect to tlia Association. It was of no use of him or anyone else being in a committee if one or two could upset all agreements. Thuso were his reasons for hi* action, and he (hanked them for the p tieru hearing given. him, _ Mr M'Lean asked Mr Waddell why be had not lodged a protest at the- time, according to the rules. Instead of that he collected a crowd of larrikins, and hooted the judges. Thuiu the vice-president was most unbecoming. Mr Waidell said he did not lodge a protest because he was not as a foreigner at the Show. He had a voice in the proceedings, and a say in the management. Mr Coutts also asked Mr Waddell why he submitted his stock at all when he saw that there were only two judges. He had never seen sjach a proceeding at any Show ground. He maintained that if once the stock were submitted, the decision must be acqniesce.il Jn, IE the decision had not been acWerae the stock would not have been rerftoved. Publicmoney "was taken far the exhibition, of prigj stock, and if Mr Wadcjell waa annoyed at the judgment he. should have o Vjeoted at the time, ■Mr Green explained the steps which had been taken in the appointment of judges for horses, Mr Mitchell had been recommended by members on the ground to fill the vacancy. He was nol at all eager to act, but was peVsuadrd eventually. No other eligible person could be got. Besides, Mr Waddell agreed \(\ the appointment-, aud was satisfied %\\\ got an adverse decision, and- then, the rumpus began. Mr Souness. st?vt3cl ifot Mr Waddell asked who. appointed M-r Mitchell, and acquesiccd in th.es.e!ectiou. Mr McLean supported the selection of the judge, From what he could hear there was not a better judge of a horse in Southland. Mr J, Mf oGibbon thought froiu the evidence thao it was quite clear that Mr Waddell had allowed his temper to get the best of him. Ha agreed to the judges by taking his horses into the ring at all His course was quite clear if he was not satisfied. Mr Chisholm was disappointed at Mr Waddell's remarks. They wore not an explanation, but a defence of his condnct Mr Waddell'a action could nob be ev* plained away. The merest tyrq k.^ w that such conduct was unpard^naWa in, anyone. How much more Y&nfcl W as it in the case of a hicjn, 0,%ia1, Th e explanation about the of the stock was not satisfactory But there were so maDy infrigements of the rules that too much need not be said Mr Waddell should have toft W^tSe till there was a meeting of the Society. The present style Of appointing judges was a bad one, arid could not be justified. Them should, have been some -means taKon an, the ground to. appoint judges when, those nominated did n Q t turn up, Mr Mitchell, ulthmfcrh. he was spoken of as a goad judge of Hovsos fqr mfvny yeays, had never officiated «w jnclge at a show before. He (the speaker) ' SU^u 1 *!.. 8^ 1186 that so much talent' should be hidden for 14 or 15 years. He oould not say who was responsible for the » appointment at the other judges. He would,

himself, be satisfied if Mr Waddell would come forward honestly and straightforwardly, and say that he had made a mistake. Mr Canning was glad to see that Mr Chisbolm had awakened to a sense of his error of the previous Saturday. Mr Wad- ' doll was out of court, because he had a remedy and could call a meeting of ■committtee and could have prohibited the issue of prizes. The judges must be protected. Mr Waddell (in great excitement) said he could not apologise to Mitchell, who vns a man far below himself in the scale of life. It was a disgrace to the place that gunh a raa»i should have been chosen judge. He would lose his right hand before he would sacrifice his disrnity to such a mm. Why, he had c seerir ir : himrolhne about thestreetsnext.day, and was ashamed of the Association which would a«k him to apologue to such a man., .IJe cquji.., refer. them to men above suspicion who knew hisjshowing, career and'wonld not sacrifice the dignity of 20 years successful showiug to such a man. Mr Coutts rose and was about to mike some remarks, when Mr Chisholm askdd ' whether there was going to be another speech all round. • - The point of orier was sustained, and the chairman said that Mr Waddel 'had not cl'arvl himself from the charts incurred. A!=t«-r some Httln discusMou, in the conr»p of which it was explained that Mr Wad'dell : . was \ at a-kod to apologise personally to ' any judsre hut. to the A-s .ciation, Mr Murray moved that, Mr Waddell get an opportunity of npologis'nc to the Association —Mr Canning second the motion.— Mr Aitken moved that a siib-commifte« of five he appointed to receive the apology Mr Waddell repeated th Xhe could not' see • ; his way to apologise at all.— The motion was pu* and carried. Mr Gr en \vm au'lionVd to pay accounts. Mr Chisholm s.tid that he had another gnevanre. He had entered «om<! sh«ep for Mr Hatch's sneeial pme of LS 5". ! <hM : ■ arranged- to pnter them bef>re the clay of" Show, brt wis not successful in doinc" so, andjon bhow morijin!? he co-i'M not. do so, as th* Secretary had not taken th* -wntry. Thii rule, was hot university imposed. "'Ffe had. ' * Wever, not lodged a prote-t.-The secretarv (Mr Souness) said that not a single entry Ltd been taken on the mornin? of the. Show, this course having b,en agreed to at a committee meeting some time ago, but he had; heard that the attending members had taken entries in the agricultural produce classes.—The matter then dropped... Upon the motion of 'Mr Canning, sfccbn&wi ■ by Mr Green, a committee consisting of Messrs Do-uald, Green,' Coiitts, Aitken, and MacGibbon was appointed to revise the rules of the Association. The meeting then adjourned hurriedly on account of the departure of the -'Waimca •" >' train. , ,; .'•'.'