SPORTING.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4015, 18 January 1892, Page 2

SPORTING.

Iho Tauhortmta Squalls. Mr W. E, Bidwill, writing to our Carterton contemporary, says we were misinformed as to what aotually took place at the Tauheremkau course. He flays, inter alial am not going to discuss the merits of the protest, or bow it was conducted, at the present time, as tlio case, I understand, is sub jitdice, but later on to vindicate the course of action I too):, I mean to make everything public that took place. I only wish to say now that' I did not act hastily or without well considering the effect of my resignation. My ideas of the case may bo entirely wrong, but under the circumstances I considered I had no other action open to me. A report has been well circulated that I harangued and urged on the public to extremes, slanging my ■ fellow stewards, and doing my utmost to create a row. The faots are these. Lung before the voto was takfri, I could see how matters were going, and decided upon discussing the matter with a fellow steward. Immediately the verdict was given 1 left the room with the above, mentioned steward and went to the rear of the grandstand with him, I then stated my intention to resign to him alone. Hid this before resigning to show that I had not aoted without due deliberation. I then went into the office, quietly wrote out my resignation and left the room, and had only got half way aorout> the saddling paddock when, the orowd hemmed me in against the fence. I managed to get a little further down the paddock when I saw that it was impossible to get away without saying or doing something, for, as you are aware, it was no ordinary crowd, but one and all seemed imbued with the one belief that an injustice had been done. ' I then decided to say a few words, to which I am sure no one can take exception. Anyone in the same predicament as myself would have done the same. I hence mentioned the stewards, but simply said that the alleged jostle took place in 1 front ot the stand so tliat everyone could see it, and as I did not agree to ■ the drcieioti I considered I was acting in the proper manner by resigning, 1 and I am sure nine people out • of ten would have acted as ; I did under the circumstances. Instead of urging the people on to , extremes I feel confident that the I action I took saved the, stewards : from a great deal of unpleasantness, as ithelped'to keep peoples thoughts i away from the justice or otherwise of i the protest being upheld. I must say ' this, that I aiu thoroughly disgusted 1 with all that pertains to horses in the 1 Wairarapa, I have always looked [ upon horse racing as the best of sport, , and if there was a little keen rivalry 1 all the better, but in the "Wairarapa I this' rivalry turns to hatred and noth» » ing seems too bad and offensive, or vinJ dictive enough to say of a person if ; he manages to win a race. Until this ' entirely disappears and' something , better and nobler takes its place, the i public will never appreciate or pat- ! ronise race meetings as they would do if a better state of affairs existed.