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LEXINGTON IS TO BE MODERNIZED Present Cramped Conditions to Be Supplanted by Relieving Changes in Appointments BY KXILK KXILKIntimations Intimations from a most reliable source are t hand that it is the intention of the Kentucky Jockey Club to shortly make much needed very nwcssary and wholesale improvements in its racing plant at Lexington LexingtonAll All during this years spring meeting the con ¬ gestion everywhere was to say the least of it in ¬ convenient and a PIOIKT opportunity of witnessing the running of a race ofttiines absent The present paddock 1 may siy is a long way below sea level the stall space allotted to horses previous to their running is altogether of too limited an area to accommodate in safety either the horses or to per ¬ mit those of us who Ire interested in the horses themselves a chance to look them over to our sat ¬ isfaction isfactionHalfmile Halfmile scurries run for over elliptical courses when the fields run large is not racing for luck then plays all too important a part partThere There is no doubt that racing is popular with the public more so than ever before which public has been most considerate in its toleration of the existing condition of the Lexington race course Tin backing of the public is necessary for the wel ¬ fare of racing honci all the more welcome the news that the Kentucky Jockey Club intends im ¬ mediately to maintain the publics approval by giving better accommodation for both horses and spectators and also to so improve the Lexington race course that races decided thereon may be run fair and true
