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NO MORE COATLESS LAYERS ON LAWN. "Bob Pinkertou hit the nail a. sounding thwack on the head when he promulgated the order compelling bookmakers and their assistants to clothe themselves like the ordinary run of human beings when they throng aud rush out from the ring to view the races from the lawn in front of the grandstand," says the Morning Telegraph. "The Jockey Club and Mr. Pinkcrton are not so monstrously particular about the makeup of the layers of odds whil they are doing business inside the ring. There, on a very hot day, while the crowds are surging and perspiriug it would be Inhuman to require the bookmakers to wear stand-up collars, "blled" shirts and their coats, but It is rather a different matter on the outside. "Formerly the bookmakers at the cry of Theyre off were wont to grab their stools aud scramble out to the front just as they "were, coatless, hat-less, collarless and with their shirtsleeves rolled high above their elbows. To say the least, they were not an especially inspiring sight for the women in the grandstand. Consideration of this proved the inspiration of the new order. "Now the bookmakers, the minute they hear the shout that means the horses have started, throw down slate, sheet, chalk and sponge and, hustling into their coats and collars, seize their stools and rush on to the lawn. The change Is certainly one for he better. There is a whole lot in appearances, even where bookmakers are concerned, and when they are properly coated and collared they make a much more pleasing Impression on the women who are constantly wondering how things are in the ring." ...
