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TO FURTHER BEAUTIFY SARATOGA Many Alterations Planned, Including Chango in Steeplechase Course and Othar Improvements. NEW YORK, N. Y., November 5. There will be many alterations at Saratoga for next year in entrances and exits, if the present plans are carried out. It is proposed to change the main entrance for pedestrians to a point below the present gate to one on Union avenue just above Ludlow street. Tiie automobile entrance will Ik; at the corner of Ludlow and Union avenue. These changes will make the entrances much nearer the city and will utilize the new plat of ground fronting on Union avenue, which was recently purchased by the Saratoga Association. The parking place for automobiles will be increased by several acres. Mr. W. Clare, the Saratoga track superintendent was in town today getting instruction for improvements in the track proper. "Every stable, both at Horse Haven and in the track, is to be painted white and electric lights installed all over the place," said Mr. Clare. "The stable kitchens will also be fixed up. An innovation will be made in the steeplechase course. Tiie wooden wings of the jumps are to be replaced by shrubbery, lhis will take a year or two to develop, hut will surely be complete by 1921. Many improvements are anticipated lwfore the opening next August." Charles Hughes has removed all ihe .T. W. McClelland yearlings from Saratoga to Havre d Grace, where they will winter. There are nearly forty in this collection. At the present time there are 250 horses stabled at Belmont Park, and superintendent Pelz is preparing to receive about one hundred more. The few horses left belonging to Mr. Macomber are in the stable of Thomas Welch. The stable built by Mr. Macomber, costing 8,000, is vacant and may not be occupied next winter. John E. Madden will leave for Kentucky with eighteen of his yearlings tomorrow. They are all broken and have been tried out in early education, which will be completed in Kentucky next spring. According to all reports they are a promising band of youngsters. According to figures in the booking offices there are about 20,000 applications for reservations booked to move toward Havana next winter. Many of these are racing patrons. Five yearlings brought to this country from the Knockader Stud, Ireland, will be sold at Pimlico tomorrow. 1
