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KENTUCKIANS REJOICE ENTHUSIASTICALLY Lexington Ky April S Not in twenty years has there Iiieii more genuine rejoicing in Kentucky than there is tonight over the failure of tho AgncwIIart Mils to pass flic New York senate Particularly is this true of the blue grass region Hero the people thrive mi the three luxuries horses whiskey and tobacco which have been most attacked in the legis ¬ latures of this and other states during the past three years In Lexington breeders and horsemen from nil parts of the surrounding country assembled in hotels and public resorts long before noon to hear the news which they discussed with absorbing In lercst throughout the afternoon Numerous bulle ¬ tins were read from Albany until finally the news came that the voting had resulted in a tie and the bills were defeated when cheer and cheer broke forth ending everywhere with a tiger for Grady and that senator Is the man of the hour here hereFrom From building to building men ran spreading the glad tidings and telephones were worked overtime scattering the news to breeding farms and surround ¬ ing towns In cafes many toasts to Grady and the gallant twentyfour were drunk by those whose fortunes had hung In the balance The mint was never more fragrant and the blue grass never looked bluer The happiest of all these happy men was unquestionably Colonttf Milton Young master of McGrathiana Stud His fortune Is wrapped up In bis thousand acres of blue grass land and live hun ¬ dred head of thoroughbred horses upon it He has no other interest and the passage of those bills would probably have left hjm one hundred thousand dollars worse off than nothing
