The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-15
THE nta HORSE sHOM.
Grounds and Buiiainss Nearly Ready for
the Opening Day,

In loss than q month the FIRST open.air horse
and cattle show ever held in this country will
| be thrown open to tho public. and the indioa-
| lions are that 1t will DO a solid success. The
opening day will be May .. and already So
| ciety is eagerly talking OF the event The work
| OF putting the grounds OF the society. which
are on tho Lynch estate at both street and
| Eighth avenue. In shape for the opening was
| huge undertaking. but the energetic officials
| OF tho society put their shoulders to the wheel
with the result that the work is now abouttwo-
thirds completed. Hundreds OF workme en- havo
been hammoring. pounding. saving. and
painting for n month past. and tho result OF
their labors is grand transformation scene.
The heaviest part Of tho work was the con-
struction Of the stablng. which Ia 500 feet
long and runs parallel with 15oth street
Those stables will DO twcnty-four feet In
height with windows overhead In front and
rear. There will be 500 box stalls. finished In
white pine and varnishcd. The exterior is
now being painted dark vermiion.
Above the stabinc will be erected grand
stand. making In all a building three stories
high with aninverted .v-shapet roof. There
seats for 10000 persons will be placed. The
old grand stand on Manhattan Field has heen
SO as to make a continuous grand stand OF
mammoth proportions. The, old bleao heries
nnye Hssd a 30
trouble.
comI.eted n building to be used as carriage
and horse wash house. AMI adjoining 1t Il "a a
ass II wss VIII rar re nre wt
Eighth avenue the club house is well under
way. II will be three stories in height and
are S6Xi is feet On the ground floor will be To-
Gated the reception room; ,paIlor. and offices.
n ioT c H m" ssHe The T thra d. floor viii
rooms. Sherry will DO the catering. Tho
convenience and the service is to be first class.
The udgrs' stands hayo been placed in THO
frntrs % tas sd and hs M bs OK
the W. strry aid. Of the field.
Owing t" the great amount ot work to bo nc-
show this sprins viii 10 Soniincd to horses.
but NEXT fairs exhibit will include horse.. cat.
the keeping open of the show at night. and in
addition to the pre- ent facilities for iiiumina-
ton thirty-siX additional electric lights are
In view Of tho ease with which the grounds
can be Reached. by rail. wagon road. or water:
tally 2uu.UCO people during the week. The
Iron steam4hoat Cor pany has agreed to . RIM
n r"s ,% S sr nSw and S ssrw sa
forty feet IN Width. hy which visitors can de-
srrnd from the station to the centre of lo'th
q
that leads directly t. the grounds. Commits
sioner of Public Works Gilroy has assured the
society that ali roads in the vicinity OF the
grounds will he kopt in !irst-ciuss condition
during tho week of tho show.
Tho society mas MADE an arrangement WITH
tho Lynch estate by which the former secures
control Of Washington Heights during tho
show. They will l." enclosed with fence and
a handsome entrance Guilt at i5oth street and
ST Nichoas avenue.
Entries from every rat Of the country. Of
all kinds and classes oi horses. u V. been re-
cetvrd. AID the premiums aggregate s-i.uO.
Anon. tho interesting i-;ttu:rS will lr cXhiri-
tion drills rs mounted Park and metropolitan
polcrrrcn.
The stock Of the society has al been sub
scrnrd For. ana II now has zoe members. Be-
fore the GhIts are thrown oreu. on Mays. tho
society VIII have eSIen ted $4,000.
The i!or-" show section IS not tho only lively
place In that vicinity Tho Lynch estate has
ha force OF men dwelling of the heights.
the idea being to rent III. ground to kiralfy
for II spectacular show.
When tho residents o. that nnChhorhooi
heard of the plan th"y hnilrd over with indiE-
nation and said they would never permit any
thing OF that sort. Delegations Of citizens
called on Mayor Grant and the Cnmm ssioners
o. Licenses and rrntes. cd against the issuance
Of license for such show. raimin; 1t would
h. an iniury to In. nciShtorhnod. TIL intica-
tons arc that the citizens will carry their
point.