New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-03
A NEW COURSE Ar MONMOUTH
THE GROUNDS IMMENSELY IMPROVED.
nrMARKAnLr nAcNd MAsoN TO ntdN TO-
MONROW,
To.morrow neoplo nterestod In rNcIng WV

MORROW.
Tomorrow people interested IN faclhB WIN
enjoy National holiday vi Monmouth Park Ihcy VIII
have u double advantage over those wh6 remain ~ ho"'
for they will exciting contests among the be't
Of the year. and they viii not hear those funny expo
sions OF packages OF hre-oraokers III OAR
res which so delight the Manhattan
youth The gentleman who form the Monmouth farK
Association include the most liberal and enhusiasuo
racing IN the country and they hang up purses ana
prizes such tempting fairness that all the best horses III
the country attracted to their course year by year
they devote large to the Improvement OF their prop
ery and the perfectng OF their This year they
have spent 900 in making the track as nearly fault
less possible.
TRIBUNE reporter visited Monmouth Park, yes
terday and found the superintendent Captain JeX Bake
driving n village cart the steeplechase course anu
distributing rcd and white guidOns "Yeu ina US all
prcparedr said he 1--WE have worked like beavers and
have almost rocrcaed the track Formerly the bend at
the upper turn coming into the straight was
in a hollow. We have raised 1t eight rect,
Formerly the bend at the lower turn was up NIL we
lowered 1t six feet Then the field within the track
opposite the grand stand upward with gentle SVEN
hardly percepibe but which prevented the people ron
seeing the action of the horses whom extended on the
back.tretcb To many racing men that is ono OF the
most interesting parts Of We have cut down the
field six feet believe that there is hardly place
ia the grand stand where every stlde 'i
race cannot DO The course IS mile and We nave
made chutes or elbows for the starting puRs OF the
three and ha mile and five furlongs races
We have done this by sQuarng the corners Get into te
cart and I'll take you TO the thIeequarters ou'e ~ WA"
you can see what sort of backstretch We have ana
then I'll take you to grand stand and you can see
our finish All racing think that neither can DO
beaten"
The three-luarters elbow made by squarng the
turn into the bac1sretch, that great number OF
horses started from that point with facility Ev-
cry where the track Is eighty feet WIDE and the back
stretch Is straight a. arrow good time ought 20 ne
made and excellent racing ought 10 be shown. The finish
seemed admirable. The association has built betrnB
pavilion large that at shecpshead Bay They have
also added twenty-four new sta les and can now
care for $50 horses Each stable has two
the garrets above the stables which are pleasantly
cool for The breoze through them from end end
Nineteen wells have been dug. aud pipes have been
laid for the purpose OF watering the course Is seemed
particularly necessary for this new track though Iu Oh
good qualities, is extremely dusty and appeared to the
reporter tuhe hard But tne trainers are thoro1ghy
satisfied with IT, aud their verdict IL sufcleHt f. v
snedeker sad was excellent track I'm all rospects
"Wna stables are here Mr.. Snodeker I" he was asken
"We all the dig ones, aad most OF the email ones Inc
Dryers here Pierre LOrilaids George L. LOlliaId -
ID. a. Wtherss Preaknoss, kitsohs, Kes0s SCOUTS ny
| own, MacAdams'S.
He's training Mr.. Wait1ns string that have come
from England. won in to see CIRCLE, my old mare, Du'
hearted. never saw her so out OF spirits before BuI
about stables. There wynd1ain Waldens Jetcr
| Kelly's, Clipsisna, the Hampstead stable Dawes
(sleeplechasersj, kyaas, sutchiies the shreWsDury
cemng along. and that dark brown ono second lt a
Oil Parole herbert Ia Lending; thon comes tNle, men
Breeze, aud then two Moliener yoaroids iDoy ec
" When vii walton's horses begin runniug"
Not until August"
"wlI you run Duchess for tho Ocean Stokes OF
no think not shall reserve her for the Oaks Or
tho 10Th Ihate her own race you know, and she ouh al
| TO win IT,"