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j)rovements. Two or \hrvr ycNirs ayo tlic track was entirely overliaiiled, heino- removed 

 further soutli. widened and i)iiilt up in such a way that it is now one of the best and 

 fastest tracks in America. Other l)enehcial alterations liave l)een eontinuaUy pro- 

 ceeded with, despite the |)crsistent efforts of sunchw of the uhra i^ood to kill "the s])ort 

 of kings"" — the sport to which llis Majesty Kini>- Edward \"1I, and such men as the 

 late Duke of Devonshire, the late Lord Palmerston. the Earl of Derhy (formerly 

 (Jovernor-General of Canada i. Lord Rosehery, and the Earl of Durham, giver of a 

 cup to the O.J.C. and many other good and true men were or are devoted. 



hi ]!)()(). shortly before the death of Mr. William Ilendrie. senior, then President 

 of the ("lub. the English Jockey ("lub made the Trcsident of the O.J.C. an honorary 

 member — and the honor went to his successor, Mr. Joseph E. Seagram, >L1'. The 

 English Jockey C"lul), of which His Majesty the King, the Prince of Wales, the Duke 

 of Couiiaught. the Khedive of Egypt. tlu> Earl of Derby, Duke of Portland, Loi'd 

 Roseberx and other dukes and lords nvv nu-mbcrs. is the most aristocratic clul) in 

 Enu'land. and ])rol)ably of tlu' world. 



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