Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-09-28
The New Sheffield Trnck.

The iirst week book of the new Shelf
field course In Indiana il out. Racing
begins there to-day Saturday aud runs
to Oct. 1G--iiftccn days. The scope OF
the racing prizes for the first days Is
limited. and between ~ 400 and S1.:as
IL day for five races. Here IL q sampl,
card. that Of next Saturday:
First race. purse S2WD--Of which So
10 second and S15 to third. For :,-year.
olds ana upwards. The winner to bp
so!d ut auction for 500. Five pounds
allowed for each 800 less; ~ mile.
Second race. purse S25O--Of which s:,i
to second and S15 to third. For 3.year.
old and upward. The winner to be sold
M auction for 800. Three pounds al.
lowed for each 500 less To $40. Beat.
On horses not liable to claim: I mile.
Third race. purse $4OO-Of which SIU
to second ana SO to third. For all
ages. Winners Of four or more races
In 1S05 to carry their weight. Winners
OF only three races allowed / lbs: Of
two races. 10 lbs: OF one race. II lbs.
" mile.
IuGSe TsNU--Su WHICH
SO to second and $1j to third. For =.
year-Olls. The winner to be- sold at
auction for ~ 900. IT for less. 3 lbs. al.
lowed for each 800 to $500. Beaten
horses not liable to claim: II mile.
Fifth race. hurdle. purse $:iiO-Of
which $50 to second and xo5 to third.
For I-year.Olds and upward. Horses
entered To b. sold for $l.2OO to carry
their weight. Two pounds allowed for
each 500 less to $500: I Lilo miles over
four hurdles.
The track IL u mile In clrc,lmf ference.
ana while the turns are a trifie sharper
than In the regulation mile track they
are no, 81 sharp as Washington Park,
ana that track has always been regard.
Ell ~ u particularly safe one. II IL 10.
Gated In the town OF Hammond hut
near the village OF sheffield. 1t Is bare.
~ half Il mile from ROby. and the best
OF transportation has been secured,
During the week just passed the Pitts.
burg ana Fort Wayne Railroad has had
run Il switch into the track. and II will
lana spectators at the grand stand IN
thirty-iive minutes from the Union
Depot. The Lake shore and Michigan
Southern runs within u few hundred
feet Of the track. 1t IL possible that
passengers from these trains will he
landed at leOby ana carried to the track
by the Hammond and East Chicago
Electric Road, which runs direct to the
grounds. During the past week this
road has secured u right of way NJ
Sheffield avenue and will land passen.
gers within twenty-five feet OF the
grand stand. The South side Elevated;
Road connects with The Koby electric
cars. which In turn connect with the
hammond electric cars. carrying people
direct Ia the grand stand. The Illinois
Central South Chicago express trains
also connect with the electric cars at
:'2d street. Thus the new track will
not lack for transportation.
The gradual accumulation Of yegeta.
BILE matter on the surface Of the tracks
land has produced u sandy loan which
sinks ioa depth of II foot and furnishes
excellent top dressing for the track.
While II does not make Il footing Ike
that of Harlem or Hawthorne, 1t makes
safe going ana produces less soreness
among the horses. The turns have
been well thrown up and the track Is
receiving its finishing touches from the
four-ton roller of Harlem.
One great advantage that the Shelf
field course will have IL that the more
1t rains the faster 1t will get. as water
only packs It harder. After sunday
nights heavy rain not u drop Of water
was to be found on the track. II has n
great advantage In Its water supply.
The Hammond water works are located
on the Lake Shore less than n quarter
OF mile from II, and the main runs
through the property in two directions.
The course has secured 10000 feet Of
iwo-inch pipe. and the entire circu..
viii be piped. with openings at inter
walls Of 800 feet. With the pressure
given by the pumps NJ the lake. the
two-incl PIPE will wet 1t down In
quarter Of yhe time that sprinkling
carts could do II.
The track will be seventy feet wide In
the stretch and sixty feet on the turns
anu back stretch. The grand stand Is
300 feet long and 40 feet wide. II
VIII face due east, and thus the dis
agreeable feature Of facing the sim