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YONKERS TRACK IN EXCELLENT CONDITION Vw York August 14 Every one of the six hundred stalls at Yonkers is filled with horses ready to race Those which are not have been stabled outside of the track The course is In excellent condition and has been fixed up and everything points to a Rood meeting Mr Butler had made arrangements to build a new Kteel grandstand and place it in a different position uom the one now iii use Tlie afternoon sun shines right in the face of those in the grandstand and Dress Iwx making it rather uncomfortable if it is warm 1 ho order for the new stand was cancelled when passedOne the HartAguew bill was passed One improvement which is certain to be appreci ¬ ated by turfmen as well as patrons Is the use of the hew chute constructed at the six furlongs post to rie used in races of threequarters of i mile For ¬ merly races of this distance were started on the turn which was not alone dangerous but very un ¬ satisfactory from a timers or haudicnppers stand
