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RACING AT COLORED FAIR Horses Stabled at Kentucky Jockey Club Track to Take Part in Meeting. LEXINGTON. K, August 5. Quite a number of the horses now in quarters at the Kentucky Jockey Club track, it was made known today, will participate in the racing at the Lexington Colored Fair, which is to open next Monday for six days at the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders Associations grounds. There will be live races each day for more attractive purses than heretofore. John S. Wallace has been secured for presiding judge and Edward G. Stoll, secretary of the State Racing Commission, will be his associate in the stand. Tom Brown will be the starter. AVilliam Dondas will be in charge of the pari-mutuels. The program book for the running races at the Blue Grass Fair, which will open here August 21, for six days, was issued today. It calls for seven races daily, with no purse less than . Judge William H. Shelley is racing secretary and presiding judge for this fair. Tom Brown will be the starter. The director in charge of the racing is Sewell B. Combs. Many of the best horses in training here will be seen in action at this fair. George Strate expects to get away today for Saratoga with the yearlings belonging to John H. t sseter. They are principally by Friar R and were foaled in California, but were s T ,ied here last spring and since have been in charge of Roy Putnam at Ken-more Farm, Avhich Rosseter has under lease from Hal Price Head ley. The prices obtained at the first nights sale of yearlings are locally regarded as indicative of a good market for yearlings of desirable and fashionable blood lines.
