Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-09-06
4 NEW RACE COURSE.
The Westchester Track of the New York
JoeIxey CIuh.

been shifted to the new track OF tne
New York Jockey club at Westehester.
Westchester is one of the most pic
turesque counties of New York state,
and the new course is situated in one of
the most attractive portions of it, lying
midway between the Van Nest and
Westchester stations of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroad. John
A. Morris, the owner, has spared no
money in making tho new course an
ideal one in every respect. Probably
So 900, 900 have been expended.
The new track Is fast; the grade Is
down hill, and horses will be able to run
so fast as to amaze even their own train
ers. 1t is confidently expected that all
existing time records will be broken, for
q horse that cannot run mile in LAB is
not able to run in l As at Sheepshead bay.
The straightaway three-quarters is down
hill till an eighth of d mi g from home,
when it rises slightly for about SIX
teenth, and then comes down again at
what might almost be called sharp in
cline.
The grand stand is magnificent struc-
ture, capable of seating 10000 people
easily. Composed of brickwork and iron
it is strong enough to serve as fortress
and graceful and beautiful to the eye as
a delicate pavilion in gentleman's pri-
va @ garden. Underneath it is the bet
ting ring, capable of accommodating 2UU
booImakers, but the number Is to be linz
tied TO 100. But to see the races it is
not necessary to mount the grand stand.
The lawn, which is beautifully sodden, is
laid on an incline from the base of the
grand stand to the outer rails of the
track proper. From any part of it O CON-
plete view OF race and all its details may
be got. The saddling paddock is charm
ing inclosure, and in time 1t will become
as beautiful as the famous bird cage at
Chantilly in France. There Is stabling
enough for 1000 horses. and altogether
ot single detail has been overlooked to
make the course an ideal one.
The wind up of the championship In
the league and the association promises
to be without parallel in the history of
the national game. The leaders in both
OF these organizations are coming down
the track neck and neck and the finish
will be close and exciting. The home
stretch will not be reached in the older
organization until seven weeks from to.
day, while in the American association
the last ba tiles are scheduled for OctO-
Der ii. In the league the eastern clubs will
close the season on western fields OF con-
fiiOt, and IN the association the clubs of
this section and those of the west meet
on their respective territories. The club,
therefore. that plays the steadiest game
at home and abroad is most likely to win
the pennant. New York has ON this and
the last trip out west proved to be su-
perior to its most formidable rival, but
at home the BOstons have shown up to
tho greatest advantage. They have won
thirty-four of he ;orty-four games played
on the South End grounds. The giants,
on the other hand, only won thirty-one
lanes ami lost ght at home.
When the Bsooklyns first encountered
their rivals the Browns in the last series
ihey were much closer rivals OF the
champions than they now are. Three OF
the most remarkable games ever playei
by the st. Louis team were those in
which they took all tho pluck out OF the
Gr0oms. They not only defeated them.
but they wiped the field up with their
remains, and then sent them to Kan~a
City feeling that they could only baltic
with the tail-enders. Even with thr
cowboys as opponents the Brooklyns
have had the hardest time to win. From
this series of games it is easily seen
that the Grooms have lost heart. St
Louis has won most of its games from
weak clubs, while the case is just the
reverse with the BrOoklyns. They are
fully able to cope with the leaders, but
n TRANCE fatality overtakes them when
playing with the Iuil-enders. had IL HuL
been for this onn feature they would
have been in the lead ere this.
Horace Phillips, manager of the Pitts
burg club, who recently showed symp-
f,.tt, - IL tix.., lI.f
GeIphia, and 80 years OF age. He was
player anu manager of an amateur club
during the cen ennial ycar and for three
years af;crWard. In 1871 he organized
the Horuellaville IN. " club. and this
was his first professional venture. He
took Fred Dunlap and several other
players from Philadelphia Ia Horurll- =
willie. His club VAS strong, and Phillips
became knO"n rs "hustler, Phillips
d.if ed in;o he the vatrical business, and
actru "a i'm advance agent lnr the next
two \ ears and then settled down as
clerk in the Great Western hoUel in
lhiadclphla, which was then the base
bali quarters.
In ISL and 1882 Phillips was the man
ager o. ih" Athletic club. and he worked
hard for he success of the Amerir an
association, of which he was one
of thr organizers. In 1852 he
lett the Athletics and ur !anized
the present Philadelphia club He soon
left on arruun: of falling out with the
officers. and in 1888 he became man
agrr o. the Columbus club In 1904
hillIs drIrtnd to Grand Rapids and or.
-ani2cd rlab for that city N tap Mort h.
western lu.ue. In 1855 the hustler took
charge OF the Pi,t.burg club. and he has
bapn thpi @ .tu ION faW tiayS sin. - phil 'pv1