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IMPROVEMENTS AT LEXINGTONS TRACK. Lexington, Ky., August 22. The extension of the grandstand at the Kentucky Associations course, authorized at a recent meeting of the board of directors, cannot be made in time for the fall meeting, localise of the contractors inability to get the. necessary steel until at a date after September 10. the last day of the meeting, so it has been deferred untii next spring. Other improvements, however, have been made and are being made, so that the historic battle ground for so many of Americas greatest racers will afford greater comfort for the old organizations numerous patrons. The depression of the lawn at the left of the stand and in front of the pari-mutuel pavillion, which precluded any save a very, very tall person who happened to be upon that ground during the running of a race, from seeing more than the mere passing of the racers through a wee section of the stretch, has been filled and leveled to a degree-that now will permit a person of small stature to see the race from start to finish. It has been bricked and drained. The pari-lnutuel offices, heretofore cramped, have been enlarged and an increased number of cashiers will be put on to afford the public more comfort and less waiting when getting their tickets cashed. The track from the finishing line to the three-quarters post, around the first turn, has been resurfaced and raised about six inches. This will enable the horses to get around the turn with greater speed and safety. A bod of flowers has been arranged in the infield in front of the stand. The roads and lawns are now being put in tip-top order. The fences will be whitewashed next week. "It may sound a bit stereotyped for me to say that the prospects are excellent for ten days o the greatest racing ever seen here," said Superintendent James P. Ross today, "but it is a fact. Not so very long ago any horseman would have given us the laugh, had we said the day would come when Lexington could offer ten days of racing in the fall, with no purse of less than 00 and a daily output of ,000 in the purses, but thats exactly what the Kentucky Association is doing and the horses are going to flock here- to run for it."
