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UNUSUAL PRECAUTION AT LEXINGTON Gene Elrod chief of the parimutuol forces on the Kentucky Jockey Club tracks was here today to pass upon the ex ¬ tension and rearrangement of the space for ticket sellers and cashiers and to look after cither matters preliminary to the opening next Saturday He is in receipt of a message from the Chicago house which prints the parimutuel tickets in which it is stated that it may be necessary on account of the rail ¬ road transportation situation to send the tickets here by motor truck truckFor For the protection of the money room at the local track extra precautions are being taken The room has been screened with heavy wire and special guards have been appointed In addition to this the Jockey Club has arranged for holdup insurance insuranceGallops Gallops other than Derby eligible moves today were Convoy threequarters in 1 Captain Mae fiveeighths in lit Kinburn fiveeighths in 113 The Swimmer threeeighths in II Nothing else of consequence was noted in the gallops gallopsThe The stabies of A L Kirby and J II Tevis ar ¬ rived from New Orleans yesterday evening eveningJulius Julius C Beeder arrived this morning from Xew Orleans and took up his duties in the office of racing secretary William II Shelley
