Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-08-01
AGRICULTURAL PARK.
Extensive Improvements to the Grand
and Special STANDARDIZATION Notes

AGRICULTURAL PARK.
Extensive Improvements to the Grand
and Special STANDARDIZATION Notes.
The State Agricultural Society is spend
ing some $4,000 in making improvements
at Agricultural Park. The grand, Directors
and special stands were all raised two and
one-half feet. The supports rest upon
brick columns four feet in hight, which are
capped with cast-iron piece, with NOR
tice for the post to set in. These mortices
are filled with coal tar, and it is said the
stand is made SO strong that it will last for
twenty years. The special and Directors
stands at the south end have been swung
further in towards the track, and the view
very much improved. The special stand
viii be seated with chairs, the same as the
Directors, and all the seats ON the grand
stand overhauled, repaired and painted.
The seating capacity OF all the stands is
something over 5000, not including the
long rows of circus seats erected to the
right of the first turn. Instead of thele
being two stairways leading into the grand
stand from the center of the quarter-stretch,
there is but one, which comes up Just to
the rear OF the reporters stand. The stands
have been repainted throughout, giving the
place fresh cleanly appearance.
The place beneath the grand stand where
they have their saloon. restaurant, chop
houses, pool-selling, etc., has been raised
two and one -halffeet, and the quarter-stretc
nlied IN with earth to that depth. This
Will give those standing on the first floor 3
view of the entire track, and those on the
quarter-stretch will not be compelled to go
how 80, IL.
The places for pool-selling are fixed up in
elegant shape, and instead of being out on
the quarter-stretch, will be inside, entirely
out OF the view of those on the grand or
special stands. Two pool pool stands are
tttejs up, one on each side of the stairway
leading into the grand stand from the
saloon. One will be devoted to the Paris
Mutual and the other to straight pools.
The judges stand has been torn down
and new one is to be erected. 1t will be
Immediately before and below the report
ers stand, or on the site of the old one. 1t
IS 10 be hoped that in building a new one
they will not put the black boards up so as
to shut out the view from the reporters
stand of one hundred yards of the track. as
did the old stand
A space 160x260 in size has been added
to the park in the southeast corner, and
has been incl0sed by q fence of rustic
twelve feet in hight. In this inclosure has
been erected four sheds or stables. fitted up
with pens and coops for sheep, swine and
poultry. These buildings are in size 2Ox156
feet, and good broad driveways are between
each. The pig-pens, sheep corrals and
chicken coops that did service for so many
years between the cattle and horse sheds in
the southern part of the park have been
torn away. A portion of this ground has
a roo dryh 49,
cottage stable with twenty elegant stalls
1t was planned and built under the direc-
ton of Secretary Smith, and is the hand
soonest structure in the park. Another
building of the same style is to be erected
beside II. Forty-four new horse stalls are
to be built along the fence that incloses the
new addition. All of the stables and rows
of stalls are being repaired and renovated
and the paint and whitewash brush is be-
ing piled on every hand. large number
OF horses are in training at the park, and
those who desire to see some excellent
work and trials of speed can do so by tax
ing an early walk to the park any morning
The entries to all the races at the State
Fair this season. and the fixed running
events for 1889 80, will close with the Sec
retary to- day.
AT THE PAVILION.
A visit to the pavilion yesterday after
noon found Ed. Smith, the Secretary, and
his two assistants busily engaged. The
former was wrestling with peanut butcher,
who wanted to secure space in the pavilion
he could ask more questions in a minute
than Smith could answer in half an hour.
" Yes; we are going to have big fair
this year, said the Secretary. The county
exhibits will occupy all of Horticultural
Hall. three of the Conservatives and the
major part of the main hall. This will be
an agricultural fair in every sense of the
word. The counties that have secured
space are the following: Amador, Gala
veras, Ell Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Yuba,
Sutter, Tehama Colusa, Yolo, Sacramento,
San Joaquin, Merced, Fresno, Tulare, and
San Diego"
Where is Butter" inquired The re-
porter.
Mr.. Smith-Oh they have gone back on
the State Fair and have cast their lot
with the Mechanics Institute in San Fran
cisco.
=" III tell you what is the matter" said
an Oroville gentleman who was present :;
General Bidwell is srunning that thing, and
he won't allow an exhibit to come here be-
cause the Society gives purses for horse
racing"
Mr.. Smith said he was confident that the
attendance at the Pavilion this year would
be far in excess of that of any preceding
year. This would largely be caused by the
great number of county exhibits The cit
izens of all sections will want to come to
Sacramento to see how the products of
their county compare with those of their
neighbors.
The art department will be under the
superintendency of Norton Bush, who has
come out from New York for that especial
purpose. Mr.. Bush says, from promises
already made, the exhibit this year will be
very much superior to tnat of last season.
A meeting of the Board of Directors will
be held Saturday, August 4th, at l p. NJ, to
arrange the general speed programme and
fix events for 1SSS-89-90.