SPORTING.

Press, Volume L, Issue 15137, 28 November 1914, Page 13

SPORTING.

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(SPECIAI. TO "THE TRESS.") . THTXEDIX,. Xovenwr ST. j i"ho decision of the Fovc/ury Park T.C. to ucelpono their ineew until Wednes-day and Saturday of next week, ovr:ng to the he.iry rain, cau&c-d a Bocrt deal o: discussion amenjr horecowne.™ ar.d trainers to-day and, realising that tho arrangement J would not suit their convenience, about lifty ( horaeovnwrs and trainers held a meeting lit | 5 p.m.. when it was decided to wait upon the i stewards of tho Forbury Park Club in order j If ask that tlio decision arrived a-t earlier in the day b<. abandoned. , 'J'he ttewanh received the deputation j shoil.lv alter 3 p.m., vrh'.-n it wn3 explained j by t.he deputation that, should tho stewards j adhere to their original decision, it would mean that the numerical strength of the horses in the different events would bo considerably lessened, n& ownere could not afiord tho expense of being away from their homes tli" length of tiniA) that tho posiponemyit would occasion. They had no clesiro to dietats to tho club, vliicn they recognised had to consider tho public. By holding t-hc raws earlier in tho week, say Monday and Tucs- j da--, or Tuesday and Wednesday, the in- j tercats of "both tho liorneownerft and traii-.ore | aiul'tho public would be considered, l-'a-ilinp t tlil-?. a great nia.r:y liorses would be cent homo next morning. They did not Tvailt_ to use any coercive measures towards tho club, I and they felt that, in tho interests oi the j (•"port, the stewards would see the reasonable- I ne-iS or their request. The deputation then j withdrew, i After a deliberation, lasting for about ten • minutes, tho fjlr-wards decided to rescind their previous decision, and to liold tiio . races" on Tucsciav and Y\'edr.ef-day of r.est j vet's. - * Upon the announcement beinff made., th-e | deputation save threo hearty cheers for the j