New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-23
TO rev i rEACK or TrEE.
Az EXPERIMENT AT surErsuEAD BAY.

SOP rrr BOWS INSIDE IHr RrGrLAE CoCEeE-
INIEGre IoE I'M FuIrruY srAErs.
Those who visit the Shccpshcad Bay track
durnc tho racing season would hc surprised II they
should visit It now. Gu The summer cforylhng is l'n
and actyy and when th, 90 IS racing go!uE on there
are n1mrcrcs- people WHO arc preparing Tor races TO
come and there IS glamour cast ahout tho whole place
tina, is attractive TO every lover Of sport Nov 1t +
different Tho grand stand that race day seats 50
many hundreds ~ excited spectator j. boarded MP and
there aro but comparatively few horse tho grounds
and they not in active training After
tho regular season ga, over, trainers Tor some little
time devoted thcnsclvc 10 the coming stars Of the turf
The ycar.iugs bat thoso have all been tried aud
they TOO have been turned out Tor the whit T.
The Con-y Island Jockey Club. howe, or, has boon
akns ADVANTAGE OF tho beautiful fail weather aud las
tfnctcd turf track the inside of the regular
course whether u VIII be success or not only time
cuu toll Il England 40 the upon tho sod
and for year. tie aivl,Abity OF building Our running
tracks IN the Same way has been dcu'-cd but with tao
execution Of the ~ few huptng associations II
nae never been ~ d. l"nY ''.ons ",r % ~ ~ @
u ,puli ia tn beginning ana tl,i' are map va" a,
,ninr 20 believe that td- Undertaking " De- a l'ul''
whiic others aro 'qnny Gun. ,I @ u, -" 10 ~ a
uuuuCed success The Li'dlrHt u'Npl' VIZ wv y" 80 ~
-ud that VIII hold All not hr cur up 80 b.,
"a die mt by tho continual NJ" t1'l
+, viii be- sabi. cjed to- In Iurllnd tho racing At any
one place i not continuous o., 10 D. nero: lncl Ah''
nan Au,rtca can II IN blue district OF k'htu'k
il excepted At ~hcrPih,"t lA'l ~" 'oI IL, ,,,
Viii be- pared t. hayo the tort al th! II gos'lno To
~ a.. II BIZ. u.,ured. anil thc superintendent OF N""lAWh
rc,e;rrI mas been .Isrd 60 direct th7 part OF the
cork. ~, m. t.t.,.., .t.rt
h. Lr., nnyr To where the tiurr.-taud formerly "a"
r the timcr- stand VIII be- placed on tn" inh"d. To
Id the track necessary to cut down huhhrI OF
rr.. They will be mi scd, however Tor lhrfc hFc
r,,uty lcn About forty we're ruipl0ycd
In making tho track, hut a. It ~ now about
cntnniutrd most OF them have been di.ch1rgcd The
r Ar race. Will be The old track with ono taco
ar y ON tho turf track until the experiment ha- been
demon. rated bc either Hurcrss or faIluro Inc
rack rNcr ting the hum' stretch Il not n wide -
The regular track. but If II prove. Ia be success u can
be oay made there Is plenty OF room Tor H. enc
of The for budg the track ~ The cln ny those
who should know, that horses can stand more ana
Lnricr races n without becoming sore thhh
an "A dirt track, and II In springer
| and moro natural Tor them. IL i 10 he
hopcd that the claim viii be Justified Tor II Is wen known
that tAe COMFY Island track u particularly severe on
bnrscs and "a petition signed BY numerous hors'-
men was last fall sent to the bss' Ga ION, it-
| investing them to remove tho top dressing "l
er,yrlly soil that had boon put ON tho
.t,d the wear of racing II Will certainly do
away win great deal Of dust and In rainy weather IT
Vl bc much preferable 10 the art track, nat er that
viii be much appreciated by the Jockeys as by any
one.
j. g. X Lawrence, tho secretary Of the Concy l-ldnd
Jockey Cub received nearly ninety entries already
for tho Fututlfy Siukrs forty O thos' ar" 10y te
Knncoca- stable mi. the largest ontry by one stable
cyrrmadc tor any take. A. j. ta7Htit better known
on the turf ~ Mr. krs0 enters over twonty The stake
VIII be the richest prILC ever ran Tor In America