The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1885. THE RACING CLUB AND THE "STANDARD."

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 49, 25 July 1885, Page 2

The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1885. THE RACING CLUB AND THE "STANDARD."

Perhaps a section of the.public would like some reference ; jn our editorial". columns to the 1 extraordinary attempt made by three individuals at- tire meeting, of the Racing ' Cluix held last' Tuesday eyening,ito .'"damage the St and aud .both pecuniarjly;,aricl .also m the eyes of the iOutsidevpubliCi' by endeavouring to " induce, the Club :r t6 ;^iftMifa> p] Us ■^yerliismglpat^b'iiage frbmsus jaur-j. ; nal. ,We can only characterise such an action as. dastardly m the extreme, and utterly iinj ustifiable. 1 1 -is a most significant fact that out of the total nujnber present at that? meeting, only the mover, seconder, and one other person • could be got to support the proposition,, while;tHe chairman, with Messrs PalmkrVonV H anki ns, H an n A j and other speak-' ersjcondemne^ the prppositionjn the, most unqualified terms. The moyeV Mr James King, gave as his reason for 'mbYing^iri' the matter th^fe the Standard/ had, openly criticised the Club m, connection .with the .'Easter meeting; _ We. publish etee/where the article referred to, so as, to venable the public and the Racing Glub to form a correct judgment m; s the matter" VVVe. maintain .; that the v f*ress had a right -.to criticise the action of the Club m this or ; any other ► matter, and we further that the criticism contained •in- the article: referred to was of die most fair, legitimate, and moderate "character. The mover; further said that the Standard had done its •best to damage ; the interests of the Glub, and had never" given the Club valuefor money paid for advertising, &c., &c. /llhjs we 'Say. boldly was the very reverse of : being m ac'cordaripe with ractSi Why, times and again the very man who. uttered the above remarks, has come to us soliciting our assistance . m -keeping the Club before the public, and never on any [single occasion did ;we refuse.' ' -Ow ; loqking over our files we find para-i ji graph after- paragraph directing at- ; tention to matters In connection with ! the Racing Glub. Oh one occasion, !at Mr; Jamfs . King^s^ special rerquest,.we devoted a. whole fprehoort.going ;over. .the race-course; ; in company with |^r Thomas (K'fk^''ahd A hlmߧl^''notin^ > ' tlie im|provements and. a' full tdesc^ijjijiftn-of which we wrotej occupying a column and a half of spaced land, several copies of the issue conitajnin'g the account; Mr King obiMiheVl for sending away. Gtt more :,thah one occasion when he was Secretary, Mr ''James King expressed liis 1 satisfaction with the full and favourable/reports \<re gay 6of the race-nfeetings, and reniariced upon-: the.fact tjiat whilg other jocal news^ papers" hid', on the occasion of a' race-meeting, to be constantly troubling- him for: information/ w^en busy with his official duties, the (Standard gave a longer, fuller, and more correct report, and never ? iViade a single iniquiry. Mr James tJjCiNG will not ' have forgotten the i matter, of! his claim against the Club : for a, bonus, m consideration of ser.viq^s^r^&idt^tedi •':"" -Has he also fbrgott^fl that w;e urged -the recogni tion of f that claim m our columns, and that Us .thanked us for the assistance we had given him? And ; yet this is the man who seeks to return evil for good. On the occasion of the Easter Meeting Mr James King inter T . yiewed us m, the matter of the cost of advertising, aii'd after some con/versation, it was arranged that the advertisement be charged a certain price, subject to a deduction of 125 per cent, should the,, meeting prove f « a .fi nancial . fail ure,? the fi nal decision oh ihe latter point -to- be submitted to Mr . James : King. An entry to this effect was, made m the presence 'of '• Messrs r 'J a mes ■ -arid |Thomaß KiNGj. ~4v the. time. *fltrarige to say; however, no arrangement a]b^,ut . deduction ,•. wa§ made witli i the Time's, though we are riot T! n<!rje going Jp^repeatj ?Mr?^AMKs | 'King's., observations ..^aiade , iwjtb j regard; to bur local contemporary. After the meetjngiOiir account in'full was passed , for payment^ bu,t m) terms of Qvit}arrarigemenf we yin--quired were w0- tq inak'e thededuction, or m other worcis had the meeting .been " a finlatteial failure^'.v The; Secretary said that it bad, that the Committee had had to jointly iign a promissory ppfte for the debit

balance, but he begged us. not to say any thing about . it,: as it wbuld only gife. the FeildingCUib \^ r e :4*;cepted the inevitablejrde<|u"ctedthe 25 per cent, from - t&B,aq-" dbunt,' though the Ttijik account was paid'!: in ,i;fulli and; neyer Treferred' tofhe subject imtil tliefifct of a Jb^s having been, sustained- vasf a matter of public notoriety^ had been discussed air^oyer **:*the district, j^^rrfejred./ e to. 4 .jn IVs seyei;aj[ tfjllrict Ti^^aplrsi^JlVie/ wrote the article - re-published else- : where, which we maintain was per. rectly fair comment, and quite jus ti. fiable. Further, we contend that the action of the Club. in regard. to the Easter meeting was not eudqrsed by a considerable- section: of the community, , A letter afterwards appeared m the Stash aimd referring to the same subject, and also expressing dissent with the manner m which > Mr T, R. Walton's disntrissal had j been effected. The "xjopv^ of this letter is still m our 'possession,, and on looking it up we find several sentences bearing harshly we thought j on Mr J amics King, eliminated before being, sent down to the printers. Would Mr King be surprised to^ learn that we have .four letters '£ent; at : different, times -for/ publication,! criticising i adversely certain^ctipns ; of his, which, out of considerationfor him, weJaicl aside. And hpwjMri James King if ■". the, man tQ..come! | forward and seek to do us an mj ury . j Mr ICi n g would L punish; us for one '! hostile article to \vhich he took exceptjgn, forgetting the scores :of paragranh's, reports, sub.leaders, &c. that have appeared m the'StAND-' akd keeping ,the/ Club ;prdminently before the public^ and giving it every assistance m pur power". Our files are at Mr King's disposal if lie wishes to" test .the accuracy of any of our statements. We think, we have ; now placed the. matter pretty fully before Our readers, and leave with ;the^i v the verdict. as to whether thje action of M y' J am es . Ki>(.G» W&< fc^ e t\yp individuals' who supported his proposal, is justifiable or hot.' .Mo doubt:there are wheels within wheels,, and we should not be altogether surprised if things . were managed.'so f hat 'ihe. Stand akd was ultimately " boycotted 1 - We do hat /think that such a decision would'favourably impress the local er outside publjcj-or the majority of the .members of the;Glub.-/;-We>hay^»the.;fulr lest confidence m th^e Committee, that they willact m the most liberal spirit. pf,fair. play^and refrain from doing anything^frargh, arbitrary,^pr precipitate _i^^ the^^^ ma>ter;but, never r theiess, it is ippssVbte. .ftwr; a v point ;to ) be worked,; to' our disadvantage., } \Ve ihayft; : takpn , ; np". notice of the part taken >by Messrs |*a b.k or PuAT.Tiforthe i re^Bon?that iii |>oth cases the actuating mqtives are simply strong personal thtfii§h with neither : have' i me -ever •exchani gedi words; ; th Mr ErNG's casewe' haVfe'beeri, as we believqd, on terms pf 'friendship^ ever;sinc;e we came: tp the, place, and have tried; to ■ dd ! h\jShf a good : turn on many odcasipnsi which, we do not think he wU! attempt" to; deny, jf; the epmmittee decide to acVP&/Mr.^i.|?©'s.Biiggeß--tion, we must simply submit,, to their decision, though ,we |iaye the fullest confidence tnat the public yerdict will . be m; our favour, and. that the sentiments given expression tb DV| Messrs P almerson,H ankins, McNkii- v Hanna, others, when the .qu%t|6n^was y iin3er discussion at the an^^g^Mniee ting, wiU}be uniive^saiiy. efidiorsedby tbe;Giab^ self v^^ejl-- as by th¥ pubKc anid|sie; unbiAS^Ss^ctionypf i^pr^ij- *$$ must^apolpgiSe ? for the '_;^|>'aiße ; -Hirhj^h 'wje -have found devote td the subject, which after all tis more ja pr.ij^ateV\and majtte| 'j thin one brpublic interest ilbut after being aftacked^in tlje unwajr^htabVe manner we ' j*«.re' %y. Mrs James kling, we' considered that our readers would like- tb - heiar what we h^d to say m defended ahi^ '. yrpfe: obliged to make our explanation full . and "eihaiistive., ' There are. , alsp various "questions 1 of principle ..i.nydl-. ved, with which we t aye to;dealrin as fair and impartial a man-, ncr as possible. ' fj ii: . .;._.; .: .■,';,.•_..