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| j j i ! , j , ! ! [ Saratoga Track Undergoing Changes for Coming Meeting NEW YORK, N. Y, May 6.— Numerous improvements at the Spa race course for its coming summer meeting, July 27 through August 29, are now under way, according to George H. Bull, president of the Saratoga Association. Several houses, recently purchased on the Nelson Avenue side of the plant, are being moved in order to provide a larger parking area for the clubhouse setcion. Four large stables, directly opposite the main grandstand en-j trance on Union Avenue, have been moved to the Oklahoma area, thereby adding con- venient space to the parking field at this point. Plumbers have been installing new sanitary facilities in the stable areas and laying large sections of new pipe lines. Mrs. Ann Claire, superintendent of the course, has a crew of a hundred men getting things in shape and removing the tracks winter dress. Work is also under way on the steeplechase course, which will be greatly improved for" the coming meeting. Bull is making arrangements for special trains and buses to handle the anticipated large crowds.
