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Reach Agreement at Fairmount; Meeting OpensTomor row Night COLLINSVILLE, 111., May 21.— The Fair-mount Park spring ~mee ting will open on schedule here Friday night, it was announced here late this afternoon. The horsemen racing at this mile track met this morning and appointed a committee to confer this afternoon with the management regarding purses for the 32-night session. Although the meeting of the two parties was still in session as this newspaper went to press, representatives of the horsemen and the track sent out word to members of the press that an agreement had been reached on purses and that the sport would get under way Friday night.