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IIORE IMPROVEMENT AT JUAREZ. El Paso, Jev.. January 29. — In pursuance of Ids well-known policy of constant"- making improvements to provide for the comfort of horsemen and lace patrons General Manager Matt J Winn is about to nnd • :.,.. still further improvements at the .In in x track. Inasmuch as the present meeting is a nnanc-ial success, Mr. Winn believes that a pan of the profits should go toward Improvements. V a none] has this season been spent in beautify the i is and making changes for the eon- venieuci ot the track patrons, and s g I deal more is to be exp nded before tin present m eting i io a close. Probablj the tirst work undertaken will be the straightening • the three-and-a-half-furlong chute, in o -der to insure greater safety to the bors**, in the short-distance races. The present chute is onstrocted with a sharp tarn where it Joins thi main track, ami it is at this sif.it where several accidents have narrowlj been averted. A straight away chute will minimise the danger of accidents and as there is sufficient •-round for the new chute there is i bstacle in the way of Its speedy con- . tton. An adobe wall running the entire length of the western side of tbe track is another contempt I d A wall twenty feci high WSS • structed to be south of the grandstand last sum i and it has been decided to extend this wail the full length of the western side. The couple of acres of parking space directly in front of the entrance to the grandstand will undergo a lag irapnn .nut. When n„ change Is completed ii. electric i its will laml tbe patrons at the head ef a walk, about too yards from the main entrance, instead ot right at the gates, as al pre seat. This walk will be lined with trees and flower-.
