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PIPING ROCK MEETINGS AS SCHEDULED. Entire Recci;ns Above Actual Cost Will B- Donatci. to War Relief Eund. New York. April L1-. After careful consider.-, t i a at a joint conference hold yesterday with the governors of tin- Piping Rock Iluh. tin- Piping Bock Baciag Assoctatloa decided to run oB the spring meetings on the dates selected. Wednesday. May :?U Decoration Bay and Saturday. June l. Thla de-cision was reached after thoaghtfally considering all conditions. The meeting will he run for patriotic reasons only. Those Inclined to appose festivities of any kind at tiiis particular time wele coin inc. ,| that not alone was racing to ii.- eaawaajaajed, bad oar mUII iry auihoiities. including General Wood, anbliely atatcd that everything possihl,- should he d to tend to the lovelopini al and improvement of the horse. In fact, it is reaHy ota- of the great aeeda of i in- eouii-Iry. This finally hi SMjM about the agreement that the meeting should be run as arranged. The race coauaittee promptly announced that the entire receipt-, of the race aaeettag above actual lost, will be donated to the war relief fund and also arranged that a special effort will be made to induce owners wiiininu purses at the Meethag, lo contribute at least a portion of their earnings. This suggestion baa already Mel with hearty-approval of many of the geatlesnea who make a point of running their horses .-it Piping Bock, and it is certain to bring a similar response fraaa practically all who take part. One prominent owner, whose stable, year after pear, sends to the post the best of our equine stars. all of which he breeds himself pad who has a habit of winning stake races at Piping Rock, has already volunteered, not alone to bring the best in his stable to compete, but to give every dollur tiny may earn to the fund. Others have tendered a similar pledge, Which menus that the Locust Valley course will furnish racing of the best, for patriotic reasons only.
