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FAVORITES TAKE LEXINGTON RACES. Lexington. Ky., August S. More than 5,000 persons attended the Blue Grass Fair at the grounds of the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders. Association this afternoon despite rain that fell for an hour. Tho greatest interest, centered in the two running races on the speed program. The favorites, Allco Balrd and Ruth Jackson, both ridden by jockey A. Thomas, won. the races being keenly contested and the finishes close and exciting. The betting waa under the pari-mutuel system.
