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■ | JUDGE WILLIAM W.LYLES DIES SUDDENLY 4 , , # LOUISVILLE, Ky.. May 28.— News of the sudden death of .judge William W. Lyles, widely known racing official, at Montreal last night, called for expressions of regret from horsemen, officials and track attaches here. Judge Lyles was particularly well known throughout Kentucky, his native state, he having been born at Russellville on Feb. 2, 1844. He was the dean of racing officials in this country, and the present year, his eighty-fifth, found him as active as ever before. Last week he served in the stewards stand at Kings Park and had been engaged for other meetings. During the past winter he continued his service at Oriental Park, Havana, which was inaugurated with the opening of the track fifteen years ago. According to advices received by his son, William W. Lyles, Jr., of this city, judge Lyles succumbed to chonchial trouble with which he had suffered for some time. The deceased visited his son and a daughter, Mrs. Ivan A. Gale, here about two months ago, and was accompanied to Canada by his wife. Some fifty-odd years ago judge Lyle was owner of one of the largest and most successful stables in the country. Its colors were carried to many important triumphs and were in competition for a number of years. On one occasion they were conveyed to an unexpected victory by Peytonia at the record odds of 500 to 1. Arrangements for the return of the body Ito the country and for burial services were being made today.
