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LEXINGTON TRACK IS OLDEST IN AMERICA There was rejoicing at Lexington Ky and adjacent towns where are located the ma ¬ jority of the famous Blue Grass State horse breeding establishments over the recent an ¬ nouncement that the od Lexington track had been bought from the Kentucky Jockey Club and that it would be operated by a syndicate of Lexington citizens under the old familiar name of the Kentucky Association AssociationMuch Much sentiment is connected with the Lexington track the oldest race course in America Its records date back as far as 1527 and with the possible exception of 1S63 the hottest period of the Civil War racing has been conducted at Lexington each year without fail
