The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-07
OUT At BAY DISTRICT.
Carpenters and Painters Are
Changing Things.
THE JUDGES NEW STAND.
Twelve Thousand Dollars Is to Be Spent in
Making improvements at the
Racetrack.

men with hammers, saws. and paint-pofs
are Changing things out at the Bay District
track.
1t is only those who season after season
nave attended the race meetings at the
track, who have noted the tumbled-
down structures, the dilapidated fences, the
uift and discomfort in the grand stand and
Uaic0nles, and the general air of decay In
all the surroundings, who can realize the
transformation scene which has taken
pace there during the past few months.
in June last the new directorate. composed
OF Harry l. Thornton president, Thomas
ii. Williams vice. president and the follow
Ing directors. p. Quinlan, Charles Wieland,
Adolph Spreckels, j. Nagles Burke ana
W. ID. Brown. determined upon re-
formation. Being all men of means and
believing that racing in California could be
maze as fatteringa success both socially and
financially as in the East If track patrons
were accorded the same accommodations,
they resolved to go down In their pockets
ana put the Bay District track and sur
roundings in as perfect condition as time
anu money could procure. trusting to the
future Tor remuneration.
WHO'S doing it all?
directors Williams and Qunlan were APP
pointed TO supervise the work. A. q.
MOTIFS was selected as superintendent and
the reconstruction at once began. Since that
time the entire Enclosure has been sur
ROUNDED by new fence. New bulkheads
10 restrain The shifting sand have been con-
structed. All of the old sta hles have been
repaired aud new foundations placed under
All OF the main buildings. In addition the
ficheiy, broken down benches. those con-
slant inenances TO life and limb, have been
transformed into comfortable seats and
Is t..N hlaIr
makers, who hitherto have been compelled
70 40 business In the open air, have been
handsomely provided for by cutting down
me second grand stand and putting in sub
stantiaI flooring, giving them a space 132
ieet, ihciosed on three sides, in which 10 do
D business. The roofs have been extended
nusn with the balconies, along the entire
iengtn oil the grand stand and clubhouse q
distance OF go feet The roof over the main
building has also been extended for seventy
iieet. The dismal, fOrlorn, implanted bur-
lesque OF stand. in which the news pur-
yeyors have sat and shivered during the
fall meetings, has been torn down and
new and comfortable stand erected.
II looks very neat
Tue inadequate accommodations afforded
horsemen atthe spring meeting have resulted
IN the directorate ordering the building of
loO new double stalls, fifty above the south
enu stables aud the others on the opposite
side OF the line of the Geary-street cars.
AL OIL the principal buildings have been
treated 10 coat OF light gray paint with
lead colored trimmings, and the fences,
stables and outbuildings to double coat of
whitewash.
The judges stand, which hitherto has
stood across the track from the grand
stand. has been demolished and its place
Will be occupied by stand for the timers
and bugler. This will be two stories in
height, the lower floor for the timers and
the upper section. which will be of glass,
for the bucler. The building will be about
twenty feet in height.
IL is pretty structure.
The lower floor is 12x12 in size and ten feet
in height. and will be used as q weighing
room and be provided with all the modern
appliances. Surm0unting this are the
judges quarters, glass Enclosure in hexa-
gon shape and topped by roof of fancy
shingles.
Ii is the intention to grade the grounds in
side the ring 10 prevent tie constant cutting
by the rain, and also construct fiume
about 800 feet long from the south-end sta
bleS to point inside the ring for the pur-
pose OF carrying off the waste water from
the stables.
Superintendent Morris has now ten car
penters and six painters at work, and ex-
poets TO have the entire work completed by
October q, the date for the opening Of the
fall meeting. The expense is estimated at
about $4,000
The Improvement of the grounds and
ouIldlngs Is by no means all the changes
contemplated by the directors" said Vice
president Williams TO a CALL reporter
We have fully determined TO put the Blood
morse Association on a par with the East
ern racing associations. In the first place
we Intend to adopt an entirely new ticket
system, and the tickets have been already
ordered. They will be of different eolors.
and every person inside the gate on race
days from the president of the association
10 rubber in q stable will be compelled
to wear his ticket conspieuOusly displayed
The tickets will he oval in shape, and
marked with the date OF the racing day for
what they are sold. and as every one must
wear the ticket, it will readily be seen that
unless the date on the ticket TALES with the
race day we know the person must be an
intruder. Tickets will also be of different
colors Tor the different race days. We in
tend to employ private detectives TO see that
this rule Is strictly enforced. In future all
OF our employees will wear uniforms. each
class OF employees having some distinguish
ing mark, by which we can readily tell
whether the wearer is in the place and doing
the duty assigned him. We will also en-
ploy force Of boys 10 wait upon patrons
in the clubhouse, grand stands and balco-
MES, whose duties will be to execute
promptly and politely all orders given them