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No Agreement on Purses At Recent Edmonton Meeting MeetingEDMONTON EDMONTON Alberta Canacfa May 1 Despite discussion lasting more than five hours no agreement on purses for 1957 was reached in Edmonton on Sunday be ¬ tween directors of the Horsemens Benev ¬ olent and Protective Association and Lou Davies manager of the new Western Cana ¬ dian Racing Association AssociationIt It was understood the racing associations were willing to consider an agreement based on 55 per cent of the 1957 parimu tuel take This was rejected by directors of the horsemens group who indicated it was ready to recommend to a general meeting of horsemen an agreement based on 563 per cent of the take Davies indicated he would take the pro ¬ posal back to the fair boards at Calgary Regina Saskatoon and Edmonton
