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CHANGES MADE IN AUTEUIL COURSE PARIS, France. February 7. -The popular Parti steeplccha-e eaajSH at Auteuil : reseuts at the mo-ment a xcene of great activity. The elaborate •rfcesae of reeeasrtrtaHlaa i« giui t the ttttict* de Step]lecliascs last December is now well advauced. and a large number of workmen are putting in extra time ko as to complete the first part of the weak in readier is for the opeadaaj of the Paris rae-ing year on the course next Thursday. Hundreds ..f trees have been removed and a larg" tta t of land in the pclouse ha- been loweii-d to I depth of a yard and a half so that spectators on the stands caa have ■ clear view of the horses throughout the rariaSM races. Several block- of pari-miitu-l booths have been pulled down anil are iM-itig re-ereeted in more convenient po-sitions. The most important task already undertaken is the improvement of that pari of the raame which runs parallel with the fortifi.-ations and, although the work has been impeded by bad weather, it is fully expected that the new tRell will he ready for use on February Hi. The reenistructioti of the -lands on the paddock and pavilion side of the N*srsa will not be started till after the Grand Steeplechase week in June. Finally, there will be eonstnieted other underground passages similar to the one already existing to enable racegoers lo reach the paddock or iiavilliou from different points. To meet this abnormal expenditure is the principal reason the BeehHe dc Steeplechases had to reantce the amount of Htake money offered this year, but they hope that in 192;: their budg-t will be aajaal to that of 1921 — the re -ord since the foundation of the aacfety. 4,
