The Racing Club.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 49, 25 July 1885, Page 3

The Racing Club.

[Extract from MXnJWATu Standard, April 27th, 1885^; t V :| "We fcre gbrry tq'learh from the Fjoilding Ster^liat thi "Eastier " M6ii(tay Eiajee fleeting at Paltoerston was hot, financially speaking,'- a success, a Joss (if some £50 having been incurred!. "V^e .fear tliat.it ;jmiißt nbVvr be ad iiiittedj that holding: /the ; Easter lijonday : meeting m opiposition foFeilding was anerror of jiidgm^nt^and, the tesnlt his riot, been advantageous id the Club m any .sense: .^Easter Mphday : has J been recbgniseij, since the ihansrirtation of ; the ; Feildih'g -Jockey Club, as the spepialday for itto'holdit^ annual race meeting on, and it is now evident :: that to : attempt to wrest that day fr6ni th^" neighboring Cliib was neither polite, politic, nor profitable. The : Club has now' learnt "a, lesson which it.should not forget, and which it should not be too proud or stubborn to admit. In attempting to damage' the' Feilding race meeting it has also damageditself,andgiTon cause for some hostile, though no doubt imerjted criticism m various quarters, ; which will take sometime to allay or fpri L g6.t. The simple fact is that thei-'Paj-merston Club 'Indiso,i:eefly. : :aitempte.d to take an w; unwofthy , adTin'tage'.of. the Feilding people,* with ihe | result' that the Club has suffered financially and also m public opinion;' - wfcid$ 8 of more importance. It^hpuld have been satisfied with it^ two annual -meetings, (arid indieed there is a general opinion that one gpod, annual jirieetihg^ would be: at present jsufi ficienl)V without seeking to interfere with its neighbors, an^ trying to usurp to itself all the ra<?e meetings on the. Coast. It has overrreftched itself,^ and now suffers •: humiliation in' cdhsequence. It is a pity '^that .better^ counsels didnot prevail, or |hit tjid Cpiumittee whotopk upon them-? selves tojarra^gefot the Easter Monday Mieetingin fcppo|itioij^o /Feildinja^ acted; so i precipitately, fitbweyer, . the 'financial r loss on Easter Monday, jit iis . apticinatei« willbe recouped Fby the meeting' inSo^hi?^. to be,JheJSa on Queen's ;Birthday, and ltisV to Iba hoped .iJieso;anticipatiQnß will be reaiiJiedV "But we "trust that the attempt to interfere with FeilditirVill nob be repeated next year, .as it has been amply proved ' that the public 6f the district db not sympathise iwithoj endorsed^-any action of the kind.