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MORE STABLES FOR OMAHA ■ ♦ Two New and Commodious Barns Increase the Stall Room. ■ » New Steward and Judges Stand — Much Interest In Approaching .Meeting — About 200 Horses On Grounds. OMAHA, Neb.. May 5. —Horsemen at Aurora, who are contemplating shipping /vest-ward at the conclusion of the current meeting, will be interested to know that the Ak-Sar-Ben Exposition Co.. which controls the racing at Omaha, Neb., where a thirty-day meeting will commence on June 1, has gone the limit to make conditions pleasant for them and their charges. Realizing that the animals must be housed in adequate fashion, the management have spared no expense to improve conditions and provide stalls for the steeds and sleeping quarters for the grooms. Due to the efforts of track superintendent Ronin, and his corps of assistants, the 900 stalls on the grounds are already in shipshape, and work has been started on two new fifty-stall barns, which will be the last word in racing construction. It was found necessary to make these additions to accommodate all who have applied for stabling room. General manager John Carey has given word that all shipping to the Nebraska course will be taken care of in fine style. MANY OTHER IMPROVEMENTS. Several other improvements have been made to Ak-Sar-Ben Field since the meeting last summer. Among them are a new, up-to-date stewards" and judges stand, where Joseph A. Murphy and his associates will hold forth, and two covered patrol judges stands, equipped with telephones, where the sharp-eyed officials, whose duties it is to watch for rough riding and other evasions of turf etiquette, will be stationed. Heretofore only one patrol judge has been employed, but judge Murphy is a strong believer in discipline among the riding brigade, and advised that at least two such officials should be used. The judges stand has been patterned after the one at Jefferson Park. New Orleans, and adjoining it will be a thirty-foot enclosure where the three successful horses in the various events will be unsaddled by uniformed grooms. Interest in the coming meeting, in the horse-loving state of Nebraska, and especially in Omaha and its environs, is running high, and even now. three weeks before the opening of its meeting, the course in the mornings is alive with activity. The weather has been favorable and the track in good condition, and owners of approximately two hundred horses on the grounds are whipping them into the best of shape preparatory to the opening. •
