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  Lexi11gton has the tinest trotting track in the world and
· ‘ offers the largest purses. Two running meets are held each year, _
A in addition to the world—famous annual trots. The two tracks
is net an income to Lexington of $2,000,000 yearly. .
° ’ Center of Eastern Kentucky Oil development, with a pro- T
_ , duction for the present year of approximately $20,000,0oo.  
` · Headquarters for operating companies and Kentucky Oil Men’s '
5 Association.
. » Headquarters for Eastern Kentucky coal producers. Outlet
~ for fields that produced 30,000,000 tous mined in 1918, an in-
. ’ crease of IO per cent over previous year.
  Greatest blue grass seed market in the world and one of the
I . {ive great hemp producing sections of the country.
-_ · Distributing center for large wholesale trade over Central,
I . . Eastern and Southern Kentucky, Tennessee and \Vest Virginia.
Q ’ Annual income from this source $15,000,00o, in addition to $8,-
. r 000,000 brokerage trade. \\-’holesale products are dry goods,
‘ · ’ shoes, hats, caps, gloves, groceries, milling products, drugs, meats,
‘ feed, produce, ice, cigars, automobiles, agricultural implements,
_ — baking products, lumber, cement, coal, hemp, tobacco, coffee,
j` . dairy products, candies. fruit, ice cream. harness,. hides, mantels.
` . monuments, tents and awnings.
E ` Automobile trade center; 34 automobile and accessory
· dealers, realizing an annual income of more than $1.000,000.
. » · , Finest fair grounds of any city its size in the United States.
j Q ._ The Blue Grass Fair. an annual event. attracts thousands of
_ — outside visitors.
‘ s ; Noted as a convention city. Metropolitan hotel facilities
C . and central location of city make Lexington popular for national
C   and state conventions.
-§ Amusements: Opera house, booking best legitimate attrac-
  i tions; auditorium seating 2,500, vaudeville house and three high-
  class movie theatres with large seating capacity. Plans projected
, A for $500,000 municipal—auditorium building.
$ ` _ The home of Henry Clay, one of many historic points that
., - attract thousands of tourists to Lexington.
` . A city of beautiful homes, comprising stately Southern man-
· sions of ante-bellum days and the most costly modern structures.
. " in  To the Board of Commerce for its assistance, to the
__ ‘ i merchants and manufacturers for their support and cooperation ‘
`   and to the citizens of Lexington, the publishers extend their
  ` _` thanks for the unfailing courtesy extended them in thc issue of
4. ‘- this directory and assure them that no effort will be spared to
j   make each succeeding issue a credit alike to both publishers and
»   patrons.
° R. L. Pork & Co.,
. i Publis/zcrs.
  -, ; 404 Central National Bank Bldg. _
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