The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-07
new TR0TTINC CIRCUIT
Representatives Of Six Cities to
Meet Here Tomorrow.
DRIVING PARKS NEN PLANS
win Be Made Day aud Night Pleasure
Ground Of tho Metropolitan
kind-PrOposcd Change In
Transportation Facilities.

Representatives Of the Driving Park
associations of Bethlehem, Trenton,
Allentown, Waverly, N. j., Bingham
ton and Scranton. will meet at the
Wyoming house tomorrow to elect Off
GERS and transact other business rela-
tive to forming a permanent trotting
circuit among the cities named.
Following the Fleetwood races in
June there will be trotting meets in
Bethlehem. Scranton and Binghamton
In the order named. In Scranton. the
meet will be during the last week in
June. In these three cities and Tren-
ton. Allentown and Waverly there will
be fall meets. The fall races in this
city will be during the first week in
October.
,In connection with this plan is anoth-
er scheme in which the owners of the
Scranton Driving park are individual
ly interested. They propose making
the park a local pleasure ground. and
are now making elaborate arrange
ments to that end.
The trotting circuit idea Is not new
nor was it wholly through the wishes
OF the Driving Park owners that this
city was included in the circuit. The
owners were willing and anxious to
combine in circuit with the other
cities mentioned but first tested the
feelings of turfmen in this city and
vicinity. 1t was found that the latter
We're more than favorably impressed
with the plan and would patronize it
not only by their approval but would
guarantee many entries. Such favor
able sentiment caused the owners sew
eral months ago to notify the officers
Of associations in the other cities that
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THIS CITY WAS FAVORED.
How Scranton stands in the deal is
shown in the fact that this city was
chosen for the general meeting in the
Wyoming house tomorrow.
The plan for making the Driving park
day and night pleasure ground will
interest the general public rather than
horsemen. 1t is proposed to build a
dam in the Iackawanna river. near
the bridge, and in the lake thus formed
there will be created an island nearly
quarter-mile in length alongside the
eastern limits of the park. The island
will be used as a picnic ground and
, boats will be placed on the lake.
A circular bicycle track will be made
! by using a portion of the present home
and back-stretches and a portion of the
field will be leveled and equipped for
trap and target shooting. In whole.
the property will be turned into a we'll
policed and fully equipped day and
night Dleasure-ground of the metropol-
| itan order.
OPEN AIR ATTRACTIONS.
Arrangements are now practically
completed with a New York city pro-
ducer Of spectaculars for presenting an
open-air attraction by 100 performers
for ten days during July or August.
Whatever attraction of this kind is de-
cided upon, the performers will all be
imported and there will be none of the
rawness so apparent in past produc-
tions of the kind where the supernum-
eraries have been from this city.
The pleasure resort plan is so ma
tured that within a few weeks work will
| be started on the dam. Negotiations
have already been opened with con-
tractors preparatory to receiving bids
for doing the work in the park proper.
Arrangements are pending with the
Scranton Traction company for extend
ing the tracks of the Green Ridge
Peoples line over the river and past
Koch's hotel to the southwest corner
Of the park near the grand stand.