MANAWATU RACING CLUB.

Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1332, 28 October 1884, Page 2

MANAWATU RACING CLUB.

.-: J: V, TO THB BDITOE. Sir, -T diverged from my usual course, and probably from the path . of duty, by supplying you with the minutes o£ the . meeting of- fiv»| «*> which appeared m yoar last night* ' issue,. re the, dismissal of the Secrei • tary, M.X.C. It being probably the kst^ppppr^uuitj. IshaU.enjpy of supf . .*,.. plyiug you with raciug news, I m* "**" tend to make the most of it, probably^; - ; ; much to the chagrin of the five : aforementioned, who are not anxiouft ■'.' to let their left haud know what - their right hand doeth. : Saying and ; doing behind a manVback,. thatl :l . which they had not the manliness oTi'^ jL moral Courage to say to his face. Th« ; k following unique resolution san« proposer, sans seconder, was minutedb , a* a meeting o£ the M.K,C. Com»/ : mittee on Saturday last :— Besolvect —That Mr Walton's services as Secretary be dispensed with, and thafe tie be paid three months' salary m ilieu of notice, and that the Chair** man be instructld to inform him to that effect. The three months' salary is ft capital idea • the instruction to the chairman to inform him of the detf cision of the five, can leave no doubt m the minds of readers that I wag not present. But three mouthi* salary will not atone for such ua4 warrantable treatment. The mem** . here ask, the public ask— What baf .-■»• the Secretary of the M.R.C. done — to be treated thus ? And last bat ' not least, the Secretary himself is 'at a loss to kaow why he is subjected] ; to such iniquitous treatment, at th« hands of five cowardly mortals, not one of whom allowed his name ta : be appended, to the resolution m proposer or seconder. : . - By what name can such conductbe known ? I must leave you to infer* Libel cases are unprofitable,, .; ' They will yet : learn the true «sfcimate placed upon them, by the public. The writer of the resolu* tion, ;has long siiice been convinced, ' that the warmeef ' sympathy ex«t ists between him andche Secretary, . Strange to say,, that I have, for . months past met with one or other ef the five, yet rot.Sne of them ever , : .expressed the slightest dissatisfactipii ■ nor led me to suppose a plot had - been laid to. injure; my. reputation,, such; despicable conduct would not be tolerated by a barbarian., . : , . ' -Circumstances compelled me ; to ., withdraw from the meeting, after having read the minutes and correspondence. . No one present even gave -' me a; hint that my services would b« dispensed or that any unduir ; advantage would be taken wlien my ■ back 'was turned., When the-mattee . was broached Mr Thos King left tha room, considering it an injustice to take any action m. ray absence;- The following five gentlemen (save tha mark), remaining, a bare quorum to : carry ouo their laudable purpose':--^ . ; Messrs J. King, Pratt, Oaverhill, ■ Leigh and Nathan. .. Eumour informs me that m the first place I am not horsey enough for a Secretary. I ask what m tna name of fortune has that to do with clerical work. Horsey men as i rule are found to be poor hands afc accounts. In the second place thft ; . stewards are veiy much . afraid the coming meeting will be a financial failure, and that the secretary is m« capable of extracting money from people who have none. The secrc« tary has a hard task when he find* : it inconvenient, almost impossible, to get it from those so much inter* ested. It is very difficult for a seoretary to get from outsiders a sum of £2 2a per man, -when it is not . i needed for two or three months to come. One of the five may remem* ber my asking payment for his' v £2 '2s, but he gleaaed inability jaglL then . Cannot, or are not others m . + <he same fix. I can set the minds of the anxious, five at rest by saying tha coming meeting wili be a financial failure, they having adopted the best means of making it ho, : I am thankful to say that I am no* a horsey man. I am . also thankful to say that I have worked Club maU ters most successfully without tha quadruple qualification, as (the resolutions passed at the meetings will show, I will go further and prove it m my next communication. I honestly confess, that if my posi*., .. tion as secretary rested :on going *'iU distance of five miles to see a horse ; race, I would' not care to go ; that'll honest, as the Yankee says. Yet I will back myself against any or all of. the five kupwables to whip them at calculations to-morrow ; take me up, if they will. I have not left yet* *' but- 1 hope the next Secretary will J do better. With thisY issue . appear* a requisition signed by a few mem> bers of the Club,;requesting me to : ; call a special general meeting. J= . have most 1 graciously consented to^ do so; and a< probably (m fact, positively) my last opportunity of reckon? ing up the five estiinables, I will make the most of the occasion. Such material. , as they ; are composed of-; will not be conducive to the welfare, : : of the Club, even with the addition;:; . of a hor«ey secretary, let' him. be .1. ever so smart at extracting money, 7: from people who have little to spare* . y — I am, &c, ..-.-.— . Thos. E. Walton, . ' -.&. :• • : Secretary, M.R.C. ::?t-? PiS. — Since writing the above, I . j have received a document from the Chairman of the Committee, which f r with a fund of useful information to members, I will, with your kind . permission, Mr Editor, publish to* morrow,— T.R.W. . ..•-.• ■',