The morning call., 1893-02-26
THEY WILL REVOLVE.
A Novelty in Grand Stands Designed
for RacetrackS.
Chicago Herald.

chicago Herald.
This is to be the year OF wonderful
achievements on the turf. Added to the
phenomenal popularity of the sport that
offers exciting contests of speed and en-
durance by the crack racers of this coun-
try Will 6e the interest involved in the op-
position Of the foreign blue-bloods sent out
by Colonel North. the Tattersalls and the
noble horsemeD of England. The increase
in the attractiveness of the game gives rise
TO schemes for courses and equipments of
new designs. planned to provide for the con-
venience and accommodation of the greater
crowds that promoters Of the sport expect
to welcome at their tracks. The very latest
scheme with that end In view is pitched
not only toward regard for Offering i'm
proved facilities TO the spectators. but is
planned as wonderful labor-sayng de-
vice. 1t is nothing more nor less than a
contrivance that Will save the investor in
pool tickets the irksome labor of craning
his neck and straining his vision in the
effort to Learn and see how his money Is
being carried through the race by the horse
he has backed. p =. Cupln of West Bend,
Iowa. is the genius OF inventive turn of
mind who lays before the racing public
device which he is certain will cause the
royal sport TO become even more popular
than now His idea is a revolving grand
stand. It's the very simplest thing in the
world. The crowd is seated in the grand
stand. which reyolves as the racers 60, and
the occupants are always facing the horses
in their Journey from post to wire.
"HoTseraeing," writes Inventor Cuplin,
has been the acknowledged sport OF all Ia
tions for the last 800 years. The wonderful
popularity attained at the present time on
both sides of the Atlantic is due to new
ideas in breeding and training the horse. in
the geOmetrIcal construction OF the course,
in wheeling sulkies with rubber tires. in I'M
proving the shape OF the saddle and in
adopting other new plans and coniriyances
that contribute to the advantage OF man and
beast" The Iowa man reasons most con-
vincingy in pointing out the inestimable
value OF his invention. The revolving
grand stand, he says, means an Increase OF
profits; larger profits mean richer purses;
richer purses enhance the value OF the win
ners, as the worth Of racehorse is based on
his earning capacity. The conveniences OF
the revolving grand stand are many, ac-
cording to the inventor. but summed up
broadly they become resolved to the main
fact that an entire race Is viewed at half
the average distance, whereas now hall the
race Is seen from twice the distance.
The stand. of course, must be in the ce n
ter OF the course. The judges stand Is con-
structed in the style Of an ordinary elevator.
Its edge Is gradually raised when the horses
start until such a height is reached that the
the stand through the open space between
the main portion OF the stand and the roof,
or between the upper and lower sections of
the stand il the latter is one of two stories.
The same obstacle is overcome successfully
on tracks of queer shape by the aid of mir
rors placed at the right points and at the
correct angles,
In mechanical construction Inventor Cup
Inns idea for the revolving stand Is to have
it rest in shallow basin filled with water.
He dlscreetly withholds. however, particu-
lars as the application of power but says:
There is scarcely any limit TO the size and
seating capacity. A stand with $4,000 chairs
is just as practicable as one that seats 5000
persons. AS the base is correspondngly
large, the stand does not sink into the
water any deeper. The power necessary to
revolve the stand in the required time for
mile tracks is one-horse power for every go
persons. The cost Of constructing such
revolving stand Is about 80 per cent more
than that required for the ordinary struc-
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