CORRESPONDENCE.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 8, 13 November 1883, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

W. do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our Correspondents). ——:o: MAKA AKA SPORTS. *0 THE EDITOR. Six,—ln your unbiased report of the sports held at Makaraka on Friday last, I find that you are of the same opinion as the majority I of others regarding the Maiden Race, the particulars of which, I don't think it would be put of place to make known, The understanding was that if the gun hung fire we were to go. We all started but one, I was first and Campbell second, When the judges decided that I won it, after which Price came up and said it was no race. It was then arranged to be run over again, one of the beat men in it refusing to start again, as he considered I had won the race fairly the first time. However, we started again, and I won the second time. Once more it was decided no race. I went out the third time, and the gun again hung fire the same as it did at first, and I was left on the mark, thinking it was no start, as my previous starts were just the same, the judges decided then that Weston won, I therefore entered a protest, which was to be decided by the judges and starter on Saturday night, I made it my business to be present at Makaraka on Saturday night, when I was told by three of the stewards, that it was not to be decided that night, as the judges and starter were not present. To my surprise, when I turned my back, Weston was called and handed over the stake, without taking the slightest evidence. It appears to me that the promoters of the sports were far from being able to carry out the miserable programme they advertised, or else they would not have shelved some of the most important events, vis., Quoits, Putting the Stone, Ac. The disrepute the promoters have got themselves into with the snorting public of Gisborne, does not look well for any future sport at Makaraka. I am, Ac., P. Mahxb,