Show I SPORTS UNDEGIDED O TRACK Fair Society Will Submit a Counter Proposition IS LEFT TO A COMMITTEE Directors of D A M Society Make No Definite Replyto Horsemen but Empower Executive Committee to Draft and Submit CounterProposi I StumblingBlock Is Bequest for Fi teen Year Lease Will Get Estimates on Cost of Constructing and Fencing in Mile Track At a meeting of the board of directors sC the D A and M society last night In tho Blooper building at which were present pres-ent President Nelson A Empey Vice President John H White John C Cutler Moses W Taylor J G McDonald Mrs Ruth M Fox Aaron F Farr Jr of Loran Lo-ran William II Streeper of Contcrvlllo nnd Wiley G Crngun of Pleasant View the communication from the horsemen waa thoroughly discussed and then referred re-ferred to tho executive committee with power to draw up and submit a counter jiroposltlon Tho directors did not believe Jt was In their power to legally grant a lease for a term of fifteen years for any part of the societys property They were elected only for four years and believed that if a lease was granted It could not 7 be for more than their term of oiflce The lease Kccmccl to be the stoppln point In tho horsemens proposition although al-though much ivolght was attached to the percentage asked Tho directors thought SO per cent was rather Hteep and that If Iho amount was allowed thoro should he somo guarantee that the race track would draw such an amount at tho sate as to warrant tim percentage A race track run jn connection with the fair Is i entirely now hero or will be at the next fair and until the time comes iv will not be known how great a success It will be If I a success at all succes In tho meantime while tho executive committee In considering the proposition iccclvcd from tho horsemen It has also been asked to obtain an estimate of the probable cost of constructing a mile track constructnr f mlo trlk and the fencing In of the societys prop erty so that the hoard can act on the matter Tim executive committee to commltc < inIci tho horsemens proposition was ro ferml to consists of President Knipey VicePresident J C Cutler Moips W Taylor and J G McDonald The fuel that the executive committee ha been asked to secure an estimate upon the cost of p constructing tho track would mako It ap I pear that If It can lo done at a reasonable I expense tho society will take hold of tho f matter track Itself and retain full control of tho Hal Brown said last night that ho did dd riot bellevo the pcloty could give a lease but believed that It could give a franchise fran-chise to tho horsemen for the track which would have practically tho amo effect Mr Brown Is confident that the building t of the mile track will be tho making of the society and that tho Improvement In ImproYemert line stock will moro than ten times pay i F trade the society for tho con tructol tmespnr |