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LIMITATIONS ARE DRASTIC ENGLISH RACING TO GO ON THIS SEASON UN ¬ DER GREATLY MODIFIED CONDITIONS Social Features of Ascot Meeting to Be Eliminated Eliminatedand and Royal Enclosure to Remain Closed Epsom EpsomMeeting Meeting May Be Abandoned Altogether London Kng March IS Tin Jockey Club in an ¬ nouncing oilicially its decision tliut Hat racing is 1 continue in England lots it lie known Hint the sport will go on this season under drastic limitations Jhe social feature of Ascot is to bo eliminated the mvnl enclosure is to lie slml and no special trains are to lie run for any of the great racing events The ailyisaliility of confining racing to tJie morning hours also is under consideration considerationThe The decision as to Epsom Downs lias loft the stewards with power to apply to tlic Jockey Club for a total abandonment 01 its season as the pre ¬ ponderating feeling displayed at the large meet ¬ ing of members held Tuesday was in favor of such a course The courseThe abandonment of racing generally wonlil in Illct onnrmous losses in placs wholly impendent on racing Mini it would almost ruin horse breeders It WIIK announced that King George will not at ¬ tempt to start any of his horses at Ascot AscotThi Thi Duke of Iortlind who was not present at the nuvtiug wrote favoring temporary suspension of tlie racing season dwelling upon the serious national crisis m l urging that nothing ought to be aHowcd to distract the iltention and energies of the nation from its supreme object The Marquis of Crewo wrote urging a continuance saying that the interference with railway trunk should be avoided The difficulty of ndeiiiately policing the meetings was considered and the sale of intoxicants was or ¬ dered reduced It was also assumed that nil social xtravaganees will be unlikely to he displayed dur ¬ ing the war warTlie Tlie Karl cf IJosebery who has been strongly in favor of the continuance of racing made a speech advocating the continuance unless it should be shown as lie believed impossible that Mich a iouipo was likely to iniiirilfi tht efflcHiit prosecu ¬ tion of the war warThe The stewards of th Ascot meeting announce that they now arc considering whether or not it will lit practicable to bold the Ascot meeting in view of the altered conditions imposed for the decision of the clubs clubsThe The Jockey Cluii decided that the 1JI15 season will open at Lincoln next Monday as scheduled scheduledCertain Certain restrictions had to l t made for the meet ¬ ings at Ascot and Kpsom owing to the grand stands having been turned into temporary hospitals for wounded toldiers toldiersII II is quite certain that King George will not attend any race meetings while tlkv war continues continuesTuesdays Tuesdays meeting of the Jockey Club at which the decision was reached was held at the resi ¬ dence of Lord Derby in I mdoii and it was attend ¬ ed by fortr members a large proportion or the active membership mam of whom arc also military and naval men
