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ONTARIO JOCKEY CLUB HOLDS MEETING Officials Hopeful for the Besumption of Bacinjr Next Year Same Board HeElected Toronto Out November 30 The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Ontario Jockey Club was held at the offices of the company Thursday and in the absence of the president Mr Seagram Col William Hcndrie occupied the chair The chairman said saidAs As you are aware we were enabled to run the Kings Plate for the fiftyninth time and so preserve its continuity and also afford breeders of the thor ¬ oughbred in this province spine encouragement In Canada alone of all countries engaged in the war racing ceased to be carried on Great Britain in a lesser degree only France Italy India Australia New Zealand South Africa and the United States all kept racing going the war administrations of those countries believing that such was essential to the horsebreeding industry As racing ceased in Canada only for the period of the war we are hopeful that the season of 1919 will see its re ¬ sumption for without racing the thoroughbred horse will disappear disappearThe The following board was reelected reelectedPresident President Jos E Seagram SeagramFirst First vicepresident Col Wm Hendrie HendrieSecond Second vicepresident A E Dyinent DyinentSecretary Secretary treasurer W P Fraser FraserExecutive Executive committee Major K J Christie Sir John Hendrie Col D King Smith Geo W Beard inore and Joseph Kilgour
