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CYRUS S. JULLIEN— President of the Queens County Jockey Club, at whose Aqueduct course a 20-day meeting begins today. Truce Until Wednesday In Detroit Purse Dispute Will Give Track Directors Time To Hold Meeting on Monday Continued from Page One garty will give the Michigan Racing Association board of directors time to meet and discuss the horsemens plea for higher purses. President E. E. Dale Shaffer, of the MRA, had already announced that the local racing organizations directorate would convene Monday. After a meeting Wednesday night, the local HBPA division voted to strike this morning, adopting a resolution not to fill the races for Friday, June 22, unless a satisfactory purse increase had been negotiated. The truce voted on today undoubtedly will aid in bringing about an amicable settlement of the entire situation. Vice-president Lindy and the members of the HBPA originally asked for a daily purse increase of ,000 but this figure was later pared to a per diem outlay of 7,500. Today, the horsemen were standing pat on that figure while track officials held to an offer of a 00 increase, which would bring the daily purse distribution up to slightly more than 5,000. Immediately after the affair was temporarily settled, Lindy dispatched the following bulletin to all members of the Michigan division of the HBPA: "A request has been made by Michigan State Racing Commissioner Frederick E. Harris that the drastic action taken by the Michigan division of the HBPA against the Michigan Racing Association be postponed until the first of the week inasmuch as the MRA is without power or authority to act until a meeting of their entire board of directors, scheduled for Monday, June 25, 1951, takes place. "Your full executive committee acting in emergency session has therefore decided to grant the above request. "Therefore, entries will be made by our members this afternoon for tomorrows races. Also, we will fill races for this Saturday, June 23; for Monday, June 25, and for Tuesday, June 26. "In the event a satisfactory settlement , has not been reached by Monday, June 25, we will not enter Tuesday, June 26, for the Wednesday, June 27, program. "Your executive committee wishes to stress the fact that we are still holding : to our requests as outlined at our general meeting and, also, that any benefits will be retroactive to June 11, 1951. "In keeping with our past policy of us- ing every means at our disposal to achieve | our just demands we are granting the above." ]
