New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-18

The Coney I.lond Jockey Club has herrulean task
before IT to-day in providing adequate accommodation
Tor the tons OF thousand, Of men and women VINO VIII
PASS through the gates n The pretty, garden-lise
track of sleepghcad 20 witness the nght Tor the rnhlh
Suburban. Ordinarily the attendance at shcep'head
Fay when the Suburban is rim for and won mounts
M TO and even above the 10000 limit. But
the dganHc crowd which might unier any CIR
cumstances be expected viii 10 Gay reeve new ana
powerful augm ,ntatioh. Last year the attendance
was enormous. although the race was Mn on
Tuesday The saturday Ealfholiday gives the
drycoods clerk store salesman ana mechanic
With horaw ta,;cs an opening OF which
he Will only too eagerly make the most.
Last ycar he was tied an unwilling slave TO the
desk except where hi ability 10 devise fiction
furnished him with story plausible enough to soohc
the doubling mind of his emplovcr. and release him
for the afternoon. But today those familiar old
ianibys-the sick brother in Albany, the dying uncle
I'm pcckskill and the fat hcrinaw funcnl-vill be
kept In their dirk closets to mouldcr for another
year, while the young map goes down to Sleeps
head Eav with an easy conscience and moral recttde
oozng out nj every pore OF his skin The crowd which
annually cheers the winner Of the big race az he sails
down the homestrech will be Increased by at least
one hail. and 1t Is possible that 10000 pairs
Of eyes Will be onxiou-ly fixed on the starters little
red flag flashing In the sunlight. The grand stand,
even with its recent extension and the addition OF
roof seats will carry only 1900 people. Where
the remaining $1,000 viii pack themselves this
afternoon Is one Of those weird mysteries which
no human ingenuity and foresight can so.Ve'
The Concy Island Jockey Club management have gwen
I'D the conundriin In despair. and assume That inc
unhappy creatures WHO cannot find shelter In the
grand stand will scuttcr themselves over the lawn or
swarm into the infeld Music will be provided by
t'ontcrno'S band.
The facilities for transportation to and from the
trac: WILL 10 Judge from the present outlook be no
tier and no worse than heretofore In other words,
the railroad service is likely 10 lie totally Inadequate
and the unhappy racegCcrs will be subjected to the
,am crush confison delay and irritation inseparablo
from suburban days. As most New-iorhcrS know.
the service OF trains and boats 10 sherpshead BAY
is provided by the Long Island and Manhattan Beach
ard Brighton Eeach railroads. On the first named
there are routes, tho Journey from
1nrty fou-h-st and Long Island CITY, una the
ray Ridge rvute The new superintendent OF tho
M, hns told the Coney Island Jockey Club manage
nncnt that he Is fully sensible Of the vastly increased
demand that will be made upon the resources N
tho company aad that he VIII do his best TO pro
vi a quick. prompt and thoroughly satisfactory
service But except 10 that train Will be started
directly II Is filed he has gwen positive guarantee
thai the service viii show any Improvement upon mat
OF former years Accounting u present arrangements the
Bay Ridge boats viii run from Whitcnall-st ue
Old. fashioned halfhour schedule.
As usual "a suburban Day thme will be big
muster Of people We'll known In New-ioIh.
Among those who have taken boxes for the me"lns
F. A. Lovcciaii j. d. Massn. ii. ;. K@rney; F. An
nan, J. b. honSton j. IL; AicAandsr e. d. Nincp
smith II. +. Bccke j. :. james. ]. I. hCI@rt: \, H.
Hummol. b. Badly Lce C. Carroll \; C. MaS1 nnb1
Hunter. William +. Howe. c. h. Parker a. Po"en
and Pierre LorIliard.