CORRESPONDENCE.

Waikato Times, 13 January 1874, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

' [Wo do not neces arily en.lorse tli3 opinions exjjressed by oui correspondents.]

(To the E iitor of the Mikhto Timm ) Sib —I, as well a* miny of yo ir realer< about h-re, wirfc surprise.! to *cc m your usue of Saturdai last, a litter 'signed 9 by " A Subscriber," imlliiir in question the fairnc-* of a race at A lexandra on Boxing Bay Toufcorrospondcnl s knowlodge of racing laws i« very limited, and the information Tolunteered evidently obtained from hearsay. "The troubletome young man " need not have entered a protest, as eecond horse can always demand measurement in any race, weight for inches ; the stewards were not incenud at the temirty of the young «an. On the OonUary, they were ouilo willing to measure the winning hone when the race w« over. Instead of sending the hone ton blacksmith thej did not even know the shoes were remover! till the horse «a* brought before them for measurement Tno shoes were re moT.'d by the owner in a private stable, but the feet were not pired or dress din any way, and ll " Subscriber hail nnv ide» at all of racing matters, he ought to know that! lie owner could either claim lmlf-an-nich, or remove tl c shoes previous to measurement. If he confined himself strictly to facts, he would have stated that the horse had a goort halfin. li to spare of 14.2. What ho may mean by his allusion to Maori competition, is too profound for me. Ihe racing talent on the committee was quite equal to the occasion j indeed, I think the committee and stewards comprised most of the talent in the district, judging from the amount diain " Subseriher'i " Irtter. If ht means to enter the Ipi'suis champion of injured innocence, why, let him j but «hen he insinuate* unf.nr dealing against a number^of gentlemen and tries to disparage them in the eyes of the public, lie ougl t. in all hones'y* to sign his renl n»-ne as a guarantee of his own bel ef in his statement -1 am, &c , 6 John R. Roche. To Awamutu, Jan. 1, 1874.

[Tins letter must end the correspondence. It apppars to u« t' at although there «a* the rerj slightest tuct on which to biise tlie original letter, that the sweeping charges made »'-airnt the stewards woie by no mi;»»s justifiable. — Ed. W. T ]