The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-13
'D7 l. 4. W. MEET.
The Races VIII he Run ON . Three
Ian H0urd Track

Lap Board Track.
PHILADELPHIA, June E-pr5fessionai
and amateur racing Fnes all over the
country cannot fail TO be Interested IL
the announcement that the races 10 be
held Ia correction wisf. the eighteenth an
naal meet Of the /. A. w. which will he
held in this city, Angus. ~. Will be rEa
OF or Ole OF the fastest tracks in the
country u not in the world. The execu-
tive committee In charge Of the meet was
last Friday informed by the Willow Grove
people that q tfsree-Iap board track cost
ing close 10 sIo.0e. would be laid down
over the present track before the Fourth
OF July. This Is how II all cofre~2hout;
On Decoration day the first meet % the
season was held on the Willow Grove
track. and SO great was the attendance
l25a paid admissions and about 500
ceadheads. who sur-ei into the Enclosure
after breaking down the ferscel that the
ranagsmsgt's eyes were opened to the
possibilities Of financial gain in properly
conducted bicycle race meets on large
scale. II was also brought &c their at
fentlon thar had the weather beea rainy
In the morning. or, in fact had rain failer
tie previous night. II would have been i'm
possible TO pail off the races or the pres
ent ciay-aa6- sinber track; and as a re-
suit, they would have been thousands of
dollars out Of pocket 1t was therefore
with q desire to prevent any considerable
loss through the poor condition of the
track on the sth and 7th Of August. that
IL was decided 70 lay down a wooden track
and at once.
o. s. B9aneii. the weli-kno~n race uee&
promoter Of this city. was ksrsnedta;ely
dispatched 30 New York to hunt up
Charley" .AsaTinger. the famous long
distance professional. who as BunneIl ex-
planned, knows more La a minute about
fui1cang BOARD tracks than any other man
IN the country knows in a year" Ash
inger was Isot in the metropolis, but Bun
neil found Schock. another weil-known
song-dsstance man. who informed him that
Assl4nger's latest address was Jpshur a
small town in Ohio. After Keeping the
wires hot" for an hour or two DunneH
finally located his man. who lost no time
In starting for this city. He arrived here
FTTSay night. Yesterday and today the
details OF the work are being completed
and the contract viii probably be signed
before this bulletin reaches the reader.
While the complete specifications for
the new track have not yet been made
public. the more important ones are
known. The foundations are to be of
stone. on which Will be set up the sup
porting timbers, which viii be OF heavy
pine firmly braced with iron stays ana
bolts. For the surface. 2xi yellow pine.
selected stock Will be used These
boards will be laid lengthwise and bent
on the turns. giving. what experts claim
10 be- a surface offering the least possible
resistance. The entire construction. the
surface as well as the supporting work
VIII be thoroughly coated with water
proof paint. With view TO prevent the
annoying glare 50 often complained OF
by racing men. the surface or the track
will be painted an olive green color. ax-
pert medical testimony having demon
strated that that shade Is peculiarly rsst-
full 10 the eyes. whereas the yellow color
OF the natural pine Is extremely trying to
the optics Of the flyers.
With an extreme width OF forty feet
along the entire homeztretch. the new
track will taper down 10 a width OF TWEEN
ty-six feet in the backstretch. The sweep
from the straiEhts into the turns will re-
ceive special attention. and the lines Will
be SO accurately adjusted that, as Mr.
-sshinger promises, 'If you could get a
quad or sex team TO 90 IN 10 your
track would hold them safe enough" The
extreme banking Will he upwards OF eight
seet at the apex OF each turn.