The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-08-20
THE IDEAL JOCKEY CLUB.
The Races to be Started in Two Weeks
With Great Backing.

capitalists had formed the Ideal Park
Racing association and would begin a
race meeting on Saturday, August 90.
Behind the association is the Chicago.
Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad and
two of the largest brewing corporations
of Milwaukee. The names of the
brewing companies are not given, (be-
lieved to be Pabst and Schlitz) but that
the railroad is deeply interested is
shown by the announcement of the
company that it will run especially
equipped trains to and from the race
track, a distance OF forty seven miles
from Chicago, in fifty minutes, and
will give particular attention to making
the trip pleasant one to race patrons
of Chicago The run is through a
pretty stretch Of country, and the
specials will make the distance at the
rate OF a mile minute.
TIE contractor for the railroad COM
pany began work August 10, and has
300 men and 80 teams working twelve
hours each day excavating the 10000
cubic yards Of dirt necessary to have
the mile track ready by next Saturday
week. When the plans were completed
the first work of the company was to
put in sidings at Ideal park. the station
on it's line from which the racing assO-
citation takes its name. Rails TO ac-
commodate 200 passenger coaches were
lai vryhn n 0nr cIfrnn
a million and a quarter feet OF lumber,
five cars of roll paper for roofing and
two car loads of nails were shipped in
from Merrill, Wis. A grand stand over
400 feet long is under way, and stables
for the accommodation of over 500
horses are being put up along the Eau
Plane river. which skirts the eighty
seven-acre tract upon which the track
rests.
Want Only Good Horses.
Comparatively few stables are being
put up, for the reason that the promot-
ers do not wish all the horsemen who
may desire to come, intending to invite
and furnish accommodations to only
the better class of horsemen and their
strings. Their fear is not that plenty
of horses cannot be found, but that un-
desirab BILE ones MAY seek racing quar-
tiers Whereabouts. To attract the bet
ter class, purses of higher value than
at any other course in the west will be
offered, and Martin NathanOon, recent
| ly presiding judge at the Indiana
tracks, was sent Sunday night to De-
troit, Cincinnati and ST. Louis to invite
the desirable class of horsemen to race
at Ideal park. The plans of the Wis
consin syndicate contemplate one Of
the finest race courses in the west and
race meetings of the highest class. and
the meeting this fall is intended as an
introductory to what is designed for
next year, when the present stands will
be replaced by modern structures of
iron.
Coupled with the new track has been
the report that the promoters were the
old Indiana syndicate. The new asso-
citation desires denial that can leave
no room for doubt. Neither George Y.
Hankins, Jim Burke, jim O'Leary nor
John Brenock are in any way connect
ed with the enterprise. The only one
in the new deal ever connected with
racing in Indiana or Illinois is John
Condor, who, it is announced, has
been given an interest in the Ideal
park track, and will be its general
manager, on account of his long racing
experience. Martin Nathanson will
have charge of the racing. The Chi
cago offices of the Ideal Park Racing
association are at 932 Monadnock
building. The park postoffice address
will be Russell, I'll.
How 1t Is Located.
Ideal park is a picturesque spot four
miles from Lake Michigan, eight miles
southwest from Kenosha, and just
across the state line at the head waters
of the Des PLANES river. Russell, H.,
is half mile from the track. Besides
the elghty-seven acres bought for the
track, all the abutting property has
been purchased or leased, 400 acres in
all, the intention being to keep any
Objectionable resorts such as spring up
about race track from securing foot
hold. The stables will be built in
separate sections. The company will
sink artesian wells, operate its own
electric light plant, and when it has
fully perfected its plans, expects to
have as fine race course as any in the
country. By next spring the excavat-
ing of the 100000 cubic feet of earth
necessary to level the course, will have
been done. The Milwaukee road will
control the tickets to the track, as well
as the train tickets, A coupon ticket,
good for the race track and the trip
going and coming, will be issued by the
road and sold for ST., and there will be
no complimentaries. The Wisconsin
men invite only the higher class of
horsemen to race at their meeting and
/ desire ONLY the DatrOnape of thA better