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DATE TBOUBLES IN KENTUCKY TOO Lexington Ky February 5 There Was no meet ¬ ing ot the State Racing Commission here today Chairman J P Cliiun and Colonel Milton Young were the only niemlKirs in the city Colonel E F Clay and Louis Oes Cognets are in Florida and Charles F Grainger who returned from Florida to Louisville last night telephoned this morning that thatliinKif Tuesday liinKifTuesday at Frankfort would be convenient forhim liinKif and iiK n a response in the affirmative the chairman announced a meeting for that date sfiid place It is not certain that the question of bites for the spring meetings In this state will besettled at that meeting Louisville aud Ldtouia have both asked for dates that take in the week of May 30 to June 4 and it may be that the vote of the full Itoard will be necessary to settle the matter Sec ¬ retary Rouse said today that he had received appli ¬ cations for dates signed J y the presidents of the various tracks Lexington asks for seven days be ¬ ginning Saturday April CiO and ending Saturday May 7 Louisville requests twentythree days for Churchill Downs Inginning Tuesday May 10 and ending Saturday June 4 La Ionia asks for thirty days l eginning Monday May 30 Decoration Day and ending Saturday July 2 2Another Another matter that may affect the early settle ¬ ment of the date question is the fact that the three associations are irt arrears to the State Rac ¬ ing Commission for their apportionment of 35 per day for ninetyeight days to cover the expenses of the commission for the year 1909 Latonia refuses to pay for the seventy days it raced without a license last year Secretary Rouse will have a conference with Messrs Rhiuock Myers Rcspess and others Interested in the Latonia track between now and Tuesday and it is possible that some ami ¬ cable settlement will be reached The commission it is apparent from the conversation of the members means to a liave a settlement and a thorough un ¬ derstanding that its rules will be obeyed by the track owners before licenses for racing are granted
