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i , R. L BAKER THROUGH AT LEXINGTON LEXINGTON, Ky.. January 9. — All funds and documents belonging to the Kentucky Jockey Club and in possession of Col. Roberl I.. Baker, whose resignation a- manager of the Lexington track took • ffect December Si, were formally turned over to secretarj treasurer Sherman Goodpaster todaj "Except a- :■ stockholder and well wisher. I now i ive no connection with the Kentucky Jockey Club." -aid Colonel Baker. "The board of director- ana not indicated who my successor as manager of the local track may be. but tin- board will meet again in Louisville on January 19. and I presume a selection mav then be made Meanwhile the local otli f the JochT lub will be in charge of Mi-. Leafee Wilson, who has been in the office since the death Of her father, the late G. D. Wilson." C..I. Baker stated that the third payment for the 1920 Kreeders Futurity, made -m January 1. numbered 11- and that second payments to the 19ll Breeders Futurity, made on the same day. numbered MP. This is an excellent showing. Only sixty -two , of these eligible for the 1920 race failed to come 1 in and only 59 of those eligible to the 1921 race remained out.
