NO NEED FOR GLOOM
BECAUSE OF THE WAR. CHEERY LORD ROSEBER.Y. i J- ■ . ;X LONDON, March 17. At the meeting of the Jockey Club, at which it was decided* that racing should continue, in spite of the war, a letter was read from the Duke of Portland, urging the club to suspend the larger meetings in order that not distract the energies of the nation'from the supreme' object of the-war. ...•. .*"?. "-''*■& j Captain Greer, who presided, said thatan indefinite stoppage .would render bankrupt the breeders of bloodstock, and put ma»y thousands of employees out of work. Lord Villiers announced that the Boyal enclosure at > Ascot would.be , closed, and no special trains would;be run. The- King did not intend to be present. Earl Rosebery.; asked the dub not tp identify itself with the people .who wanted to cast a'fog'oi.gloom .over the rest of the country arid walk with heads hanging down because Britain Was engaged in a gigantic "war on behalf of liberty. ... V." The resolution ■ was -carried with one dissentient. ' : .".- : .'.. '
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 66, 18 March 1915, Page 5
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169NO NEED FOR GLOOM Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 66, 18 March 1915, Page 5
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