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ALL READY AT LEXINGTON Patrons of Racing Flocking In from All Directions. . Excellent Program Promises Exciting Racing This Afternoon Over a Track at Its Best. LEXIXGTOX,. Ky., September 12. A more promi-i nil outlook for a banner meeting could not be conceived than that apparent on the eve of inaugu-rsitliiK the fall term of racing, which begins tomorrow over the old-established I.exington track, now a part of the Kentucky Jockey Club. There has never been a more formidable array of racing stars here than is now awaiting the bugle call to start the meeting. Had stable space been more plentiful the gathering would have been even greater, as many owners desirous of engaging in the seven days meeting here were prevented by the lack of stabling space and were forced to ship to Latoniu. where a twenty-two days meeting follows closely on the heels of this one. Xearly every racer now at the track is in prime fettle and ready to battle stubbornly for the rich purses that go to the winners. The recent brief racing at the P.lue Crass Pair has aided training operations and enabled, most of the horses to attain the necessary preparation to put them in tlp.-top condition. The sojourn at Saratoga has been beneficial to many of the stars that will take part in the fall racing in this section, and their owners are sanguine of landing the richer plums. Loral interest in the sport exceeds that Of former years, anil the visiting brigade is more extensive. Xearly every section of the country has representation, -and frvery train adds largely to those already on hand. The Introductory card arranged by secretary William Shelley compares with the best offering here and is featured by the Phoenix Hotel Handicap, at a mile and a sixteenth. There are eight highly tried ones named to start in it, and it should be productive of a slashing contest. The track has been benefited by a number of improvements since the last meeting, and the patrons will also find many improvements made for their comfort. All the officials who will serve during the seven days of racing are on hand, and manager R. I.. Raker has every detail prefected to make for an auspicious opening. THIRTY-FOUR KUTUEL MACHINES. Eugene Klrod. in charge of the niutuel pavilion, will have a staff of one hundred and eight helper.? to make for dispatch and facilitate the speculative adjunct. There will be thirty-four mutuel machines in operation daily, which range from the machine to the 5 kind. There will also be combined machines of the 84, Si and S10 variety. Combination machines of the two and three-horse variety are also to lie used. That there will be no delays in computing prices is established in the fact that a force of six calculators will be used. There will be twenty-nine cashiers and a like number of ticket sellers and clickers employed daily. Lute trains this afternoon brought contingents from Xew Orleans and Hot Springs. The Crescent City delegation was headed by Remy Dorr and Al Creeiibaiim. Roth report that racing affairs in Xew Orleans are adjusting in satisfactory style and that continuous progress s being made with the rebuilding of the" Fair Grounds. The steel girders of the old City Park grandstand are almost all in position at the Fair Grounds asd the new .structure will soon reach perfection. Most of the new stables under construction are well on the way to completion and the same applies to the roadways built in the stable yards. The resurfacing of the track to a depth of eight inches will be a boon to horses and it lessens the chance of breakdowns. Several of the Fair Grounds representatives are expected here and make further plans known to horsemen in these parts. The horses in charge of Mose Goldblatt, which includes those owned by Harry Payne Whitney, will not engage in the racing here, being reserved for the meeting at Litonia. It was the original intention of the trainer to race some of them here, but several are on the ailing list witli slight colds and it caused a change in the stables plans. The rich Rreeders Futurity, which will have its decision on the closing day, is coming in for a good deal of attention and several highly tried youngsters are expected from the east to contest with those in this section for the valuable race. Captain Ral Parr contemplates sending Rlazes to carry his colors in-the" race and will also come here with a oarty of friends to witness the running. C. H.Knebelkamp added to his stable today by a private purchase! from Charles Moore of the twit-year-old "colts by McGee, dams Stolen Moments and Dona Maiuona. The riding colony here will be an extensive one, but nothing particularly brilliant. Jockey Lawrence Lyke will probably star, as he ran seal;1 at IKS pounds, lie is under contract for the Kentucky fall season to E. R. Rradley. That owner also has under contract the most promising of the lighter riders in Simpson Uoyle. This youngster reached lien? from Xew York this morning, where lie hail undergone an operation for the removal of adenoids and tonsils. A considerable number of visitors from Louisville and Cincinnati are expected for the opening.
