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LEXINGTONS NEW GRANDSTAND RULE RULETlie Tlie highly esteemed gentlemen who give and onnirol the racing at Lexington have essayed a inri contract Tills is no less than the formidable undertaking of endeavoring to force their Kentucky iinlronB 1 snv 0IS of those from foreign parts i i keen quictlv in their seats as the horses come timiulerlng down the homestretch in exciting strug clM to reach the winning mark first One reflection li that If tin Kentucky Colonels Majors and other dignitaries who for generations past have enjoyed llit t rlvileg r standing on the chairs and other vilirnK of vantage in the grandstand to whoop It up for the horses representing their hopes and cash in ¬ vested may regard such an Invasion of their tradi iJiiiii I ciirftoms as an indignity to be resented by Ktitvlnc away from the track It is not on record iviiii n single exception that on any race track in iliis country bave people kept their seats while a tAJ of doubtful result uas in progress through the aiAmrretcli That exception was in tlie long ago when John Vorrissey ruled the racing at Saratoga lip ordered that people should keep their seats while racing was In progress and they did It was not iu nniia of the presence of officers but because John id his awe Inspiring fists were always in conspic iion oversight In the grandstand while a race waa Irriiii on Anyone who desired to make unseemly nnlnpii anil movements stayed away from the grand ¬ stand and lid his howling across the track fence In the meantime it might be worth suggesting that i M track i t a parlor and the attempted regulation Is a fussy invasion of tho rights of those who pay at Hie gate In stfpport of raclus
