Plan For Racing At St. Louis, Daily Racing Form, 1920-05-15

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PLAN FOR RACING AT ST LOUIS ST LOtIS Mo May 14 There is a healthy movenfent on foot to reestablish racing in a high Class way here Last Friday a meeting of well known and influential St Louis men was held at the St Louis Club in resi onse lo the following call callThe The object of the meeting will be to bring into closer association thus who still have an affection for the thoroughbred horse The com ¬ mittee believes that public sentiment would not be averse to a short racing season conducted by a jockey club patterned after the eastern and Eng lisli jockey clubs the most exclusive of their kind in the world and either subsidiary to the proposed Chrinber of Commerce Live Stock Exposition or independent of it but cooperative cooperativeThe The Tall was signed by the following representa ¬ tive SH Lnuiii business men Daniel G Taylor David II Calhoun Colonel David S Stanley Samuel W Fordyce Norman C Jones and W W Ewing EwingThe The subject v s fully discussed at the meeting meetingand and preliminary vurk has begun No law is re refuiied fuiied under the plan in the minds of the projectors Another meeting at which reports will be made is isti ti be held within a few days


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