New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-22
TOR HORSES AND BICYCLES
cpr.T ACADEMY FOR BOTH RIDING
AND WHEELING.
ryr P,,,l.pING AND SITE TO COST 1928 'oo-fLAN
OF THE sTRucTuRE-G TO BE

THE BUILDING AND SITE TO COST s72'"O"-PlAN
Of THE sTRUcruRE-GR TO BE
BROKEN IN TWO WEEKS.
Announcement was made yesterday 'hat o"e VI
.,a handsomest and largest cycing-acade"s anu
.,,,o school buildings ever planned In this or any
.nnr country had been projected in this city, ana
o'".' orra yond be broken In two weeks. The
Vs., hos frontage OF 800 feet on SixtysiXth-st.' lou
Co., on Central Park West and seventy-iVe rect on
c,v,v.seventh-st There are seventeen lo's III the
ola. 9sxloo5 each being equivalent TO an area Va
about IS, SO square feet
~ns land was purchased from the Haven estate
-, t,Iv estate Mcssrs Mitchell and Moore ana JONI
- rrir,,,ins hy the Durand Riding Academy
Courany AT 900 The plans OF the pui'''"e ny
Henry F. Knburn. architect call Tor an outlay .,
s.oo ooo making the total cost OF building ana 'anu
s725"c 49, .o,,,ros
Loan for the company of 100000 Inc ou'u'i'e CUM
m,ttee consists Of Genera Thomas l. EcNc'' a.
\, slauson Walter j. Peck and William l'ur'dhu'
The plans for the new building VIII ne n.cu VIII"
the building Department to-day. lhcE can i''
eva-s,orv freproof structure with tower lH0'',s
ran,ral park 100 feet high. There is to he hand
some cock in the tower. The building Is 10 DC COLI
structed OF Steel brick and ierra-oo'ta Ia ."e JAS
.,n, ,bere will be a pubic dressng-room. furnished
with 300 lockers and twelve TO ilfteen shower oa'"''
with q Turkish bath and plunge "4N-- tee'
1,nder the ring and also In the boarding stable
49, S,x,vseventh-st accommodations for $50 horses
- nrox,aed Al, the latest improvements are TO
no aiop,ea The riding ring is TO exec All o''eiS !"
49, coun;rv for size II viii be 200 feet long Dy
oshtv-six feet wide with an extra margin OF '"e'!
ava feet TO be used 4 mounting pioCh anu a."
Tor q promenade The total area OF 'ne TINS -
= g; square feet being nearly as large as lHe rms
Of the Madison Square Garden. on ieVe. WIKI '''o
ring Al the west end. there Will he ABOUT o''' nun"
sod nrlxs,s hoxes There will also be two galleries
orar,ookine the ring which Will have sea''"s
canscity Of 300 Regular opera cnalrs VIII NC
Tor the seating Of the spectators. Inc cei'i'e "a ~
,ine Is 10 be forty feet from the tahpa'" 'iaNS
and 70 be lighted by 1900 electric lights. Inc
eoor will be occupied by the New-iofK f'i''e -
=. ,,,u have every appointment proVidea ''"' -
Furnished for the best clubs OF the KIM eN'' t
The third floor is be divided Into SINAI ioo.S
men or women for private parties Ed, -
cl,hrooms IL TO be supplied with hot ana con- SUI
baths and aitacAed WILL NC
the riding-rins ,arnrise is the
,ro,,sion to be MADE for bicycle riders NV
ring will be situated over the riding rms >, onT
he q, feet long by 90 feet wide Inc iou' n,.ra
6fth floors will overlook the bicycle r''s, t,r
nn ~ = gallery. also. overlooking this ring iui
n,shed with 1905 chairs on the rool MI 9t ,y,d"
be bicycle garden SV d lef p around the edge OF
The roof. While the centre part OF the YOGI VII"
for visitors; ,... .hera will be a band Of
music fo- each Of the principal r,mgI, dnr,ne
rui e,so he furnished three times week uu. 49,,
r. afternoon exercises. There Is 10 Do d W
"a restaurant run strictly on temper
ccnies Near the corner Of Sixty-sevehlHsti mas
Iii he store 4OxsO feet for the sale q. an 49,
~ articles used by horse owners ana
Vi a. a. ,be second floor there Will be ahOthti -
,surant with dumbwaters TO all the c'u" - ar,rai
re- ,bird floor front. looking out upon ~
BY viii he used for bachelor apartments,
onr,h eoo- front Will be designed LOT the stV.ae
~ ovsr 900 bicycles. The htth noor 'front.' VIZ.
roo,r .oys0 Is 10 be used exclusively III ~
leaning bicycling. and no visitors VIII Dc ''
M, is expec,ed that the new building VIII De con-
,,ia,ed in time 10 be dedicated next ,nrlsthidS
PThe ola Durland Riding School buiiaihs l. 70 I've
cnrverfed INTO an aucton-room Tor norses -
etc as soon as the new enterprise Is III "O'"'"e
following are some OF the Stockholders o. the
NV entcrpri e: j. 3. Doerr, J. A. lush' a =
Viihank John Gerkin. W H. McCord; j. > ram, n
! O Koch J. w Glendenning j. L. HIlstoi H. II
I Townsenc and Judge Morgan J; @ Brlen -
The following are some Of the well-kno"h pa, o,'s
Of Durland's riding school who are expect,t - :"
transfer their patronage to the new enterprise n
4 ] Adams c. A. Appleton d. NJ ATmS,;r99inig
] J. Aston, General r. II. Barber. + Il B@i IN
" H. Beiknap ". p. Emo. George j. Could I'd
R Rtr Goua. bTsg9 &. Burkman H. billings i d
beard Perry Belmont, ". c. Bergh Bruce bonney'
Senator Calvin s. Brce. W BouTke CocKrah'
Chauncey VI Depew. jr., Or. F. DelaIeld the KY;
DR. c. H. Eaton, General Thomas 7. EckeT' ana
nv Edison.