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PADDOCK IMPROVEMENT AT OAKLAND. San Francisco. Cal.. December 25. Under the supervision of Superintendent Grant an improvement was made at the Oakland track the early part of this week which will certainly be appreciated by those who are accustomed to pay for the privilege of entering the paddock. Heretofore the fifty-cents admission fee has .carried with it nothing but the permission to pass into the inclosuro and see the horses before they were sent to the post. Xo provision, however, was made for them to witness the running of a race without leaving tlie paddock. Hereafter this will not be tlie case. A space about twenty-five feet in width in front of the paddock lias been inclosed for their accommodation, a wire fence oaring been built from the end of the paddock nearest the betting ring down to tlie track fence. In the rear of the space a tier of seats has been placed, which, will furnish seating room for about 100 persons, land down In front, close to the rail, chairs will be placed for tlie accommodation of others who may want to be out in the sun. There are two entrances to the inclosure from the paddock. Superintendent Grant thinks that those who pay to enter the paddock are entitled to something like fair accommodations, and his latest move will meet with approval.
