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Show HENLEY REGATTA. Loss of Popularity Shown in Deficit in Receipts. Henley Regatta this year Is fixed for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurselay, July I. .'. and 6. It Is to be hoped that the supporters sup-porters of the leading regatta will com.- forward this season wttn more g.uid win. says tdc Field, for i' was a sad story that the stewards bad to tell at the meeting meet-ing in Henley town hall. The report and statement Of n counts showed that there w is 11 ib-ll, t last year of due tO the falling 01Y In subscriptions. And this was not all, for, in accordance with a resolution reso-lution ..f the stewards, the committee have pun ha.-. .1 the freehold of the regatta re-gatta boathouse adjoining the bridge, and in order to do so have had to sell out the remainder of the reserve fund, which amounted to tlKo Invested In consols. This w .iiid not rnatt- r wore the subscriptions sufficient to me.-t the working expenses, but as It Is the treasure! has only a matter mat-ter of E128 In hand against a balance of fItKi, and a reserve fund of fllnrt which he had Inst year. It Is. undoubtedly, the case that th.- palmy days of up-river rowing row-ing have, for the time being, at any rate, passed away. Ten years ago the river was all the fashion and houseboats and launches were a necessity e.f exist, nee Then came the bicycle craze and turned main i pie from the river to the road. and Vh n that hud begun to die out the motor-car arrived, and now only enthu-slasVs enthu-slasVs will, therefore, have to pay If the regatta li- not to go down In th- world, and incidentally, some of the restrictions restric-tions on houseboats, which were very necessary whe-n there w,as a great de-inand de-inand for stations on the course, will have to be rel.nx.-d. H.-nley Regatta Is an expensive ex-pensive affair to keep up, and It has. unfortunately, un-fortunately, now become neressary to do something to attract the subscribing and paying publli |