Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-20
TIE VIRGINIA JOCKEY CLUB
Their Splendid Home Near Washington
Nearly Completed.

\ washington special 10 the New YORK
sun saws. Not since the time when GOV
error Bowie. Colonel Hancock, Colonel
boswell. Pierre Lorillard. George Lori
lard. John Hunter. the Dwyer Brothers
d. -. Mthcrs and a host OF oth'I tul4-
men Of the North and SOUTH mrt mere
every year To race at tn annual meet
lnVs of the Washington Jockey club, has
there been such prospect for hiSh-ciass
SPORT In this section as that promi~eb
bv the coming meeting Of the Virginia
Jockey club. which b gins on october
18th. and continues without int'rmisslon
for a period Of thirty-eight days.
To-day a party OF New Workers. IN
ccu.pauv with Secretary H. D. Mclntyr',
of the Brooklyn Jockey club. and y. y.
Kirk. both OF whom are interested IN the
racing venture. visited the track. ant
found the improvements in an adNan'ei
stage OF completion. The track Is locatel
at st. ASaph. 4 small suburb Just across
the Potomac river. and about hlteeh n.i-
utcs from Washington. II was iofnt'ly
a halr-mile trotting track. to which q
charter had been granted boy the Sttt'
of Virginia Last winter. when the \ir-
ginia LEGISLATURE passed the Mushha' *
law. makn@ II legal To race AMI bet on
tracks To which charters had already
been granted by the state. j. y Kirk,
Thomas +. EaNon, j. NJ. Hill oi Alex tn-
dria. Va. and H. D. Mcintyre secured
.lx-vear,' lease OF the property. AMI at
once went to work 10 M 1t up Win aH
tho APPOINTMENTS Of a frst-clasi running
track \ new threc-q -quert"r-mile uA.
has been built with quhrt't-Whr
stralehtaway. So that mile races can J."
run with but Two turns. The track ia
.1srnff al lHal a
the turns. well urained Oh either .i'. am
Is now all bur completed. The men are
at work scrlping. planning. and rolling II.
80 az, to make 4 hard and smooth iounin-
tlou. and this coming week top-dre--ins
of soil. with q slight mixture OF sinI
sufficient ~ make II light AMI spflnSf'
VIII br added The track construction
and an the improvements are in The hanI4
OF ryuerieuceI men Philip Paws1n. "flt
known To raciug-m-n. is the track super
iut.ndaut. There seems 10 be- DO doubt.
if present plans are carried out. ih1t thr
track Will be- nearly as fast ana quite as
safe AS the track al Grayestnd II -
nearly as wide as the Gray"senI tidc..,
and the turns are thrown up equally d5
we'll
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SIX acres IL extent Inc 5'dpie' are pa
termed after those M Gfa'eaend. 1hty
all nave covered eH rcis" "a'AS. Al. ''lS
stalls ior %" horses nav" o'"h '"li'pi -
and hy tha time n" meeting opens UeIe
VIII be accommodations for al isist ~
more. The kitchens are hunt along one
side Of the rectangle. They are two sto-
rlrs in height, ro0my, comfOriaDle. anl
have perfect drainage. The water Tor
track use Il conducted by pipes from The
Alexandra city wator-works.
The president Of the Virginia JOCKEY
Club is f.. T.. Downham. Mayor OF AleN-
andria. and Nr Kirk Is treasurer. and
Mr. NcIntyre secretary \ license las
been granted BY the jockey club. and prac-
ticamy the same set OF officials Will CON
duct the sport that have had charge ~
the big meetings about New York. Mr