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LEXINGTON RACING NEEDS NEW HOME Stand and Accommodations Inadequate and Course Far from Modern and Safe. BY EXILE. LEXINGTON, Kj, September 22. It is certain that the present Iexington race course has almost outlived its usefulness. Then- are no complaints about the increased entrance fee, but many about the accommodations and racing ground of the capital of the leading horse breeding region of the United States. The Lexington course is neither safe nor modern. The character of the soil is such as to make it undesirable for training purposes; the stands and offices are entirely inadequate to comfortably accommodate present day crowds and business; the paddock is altogether too small to permit of inspection of the horses, and the need of room with each succeeding year of Lexingtons racing becomes more than ever apparent. Rome was not built in a day; neither is a race course built and properly equipped in one season. All that is needed is some sort of an assurance on the part of the Kentucky Jockey Club that plans are being formulated and endeavors made to either enlarge the present Lexington race course and stands or to purchase outright an entirely new location, whereon may be built commodious stands, a large, roomy paddock and a race course which is both safe and so constructed that all horses racing thereon may be afforded an equal chance.
