The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-15
MAY SALT THE SPEEDWAY.
PLAN TO FIT THE POPULAR DRIpH
FOR USE ~ WINTER.

EFo"-STuue VII anu STuVei 5uKkouous
Tho men who drive trotters on the Harlem
River Driveway IRE trying to devise some
scheme whereby at least portion OF the pop
ular speeding ground can be made available
for winter use. Last season tho soft earth
road was frozen from December to April and
was not in condition for the horses.
On warm days the frost came out OF
the ground to some extent. leaving tho
surface OF the driveway coated with
an inch or two OF stiff mud which, OF course,
kept the horses from going over it at speed.
Meanwhile. some OF the hungry roadites used
! to congregate at the entrance and speed their
horses up and down tho macadamzed APP
proach to the Speedway proper. casting longing
glances at the muddy road Tho grade OF the
approach 10 too steep to be safe as a speeding
ground. and tho surface 10 quite hard and un.
suited to the purpose.
| Several plans have been suggested to remedy
| the difficulty and do away with the frost and
the mud. David Bonner. Col. Lawrence Kip
and others are OF the opinion that a coating OF
| fine gravel and sand would make the roadway
available for driving In both wet weather and
cold weather as we'll as during the warm
| spells at midwinter and early spring. Tho
| only objection to this plan Is that the coating
| OF gravel could not be easily removed.
| ana would mako too loose surface for speed.
ing when warm weather returned To this OBJ
| lection the advocates OF gravel reply that 1t
should be tried only on the section OF the road
south OF High Bridge. which in summer is little
used for speeding. nearly all OF the brushes TAX
ing place on the broad stretch north Of WASH
ington Bridge. The lower section Is nearly half
a mile In length and would afford all the room
required for winter driving.
| Another plan which some up to date horse.
mon have suggested. contemplates a liberal
sprinkng OF salt over the surface Of tho road
before cold weather sets in. This plan has
Ssdsr tcsa Th s%sr to thoss . ss
ing at Speedway Park. 1t has the
.ses q ia road s Sess me- h a7n t.
as the effect Of the salt ia to make the footing
appsd to- Old
o, ssi 5s
4 repofte5 o. TIE Sun ,y.sterday, asked the
81 the cvi Engineering aspartm.nt; whicI
IN charge Of tho work when the Speedway was
peratuEe at which the surface soll would
ire.ze said , he r.. Il cannot say that it wGuid
%eaSe
so. Another effect OF salt would be to take up thu
| altogether new and novel to me. and / would
eecs Il should the RI
well worth trying, 1t might be done at nom:
on tho at tbs
entire stretch south of High Bridge would not
what about crude petroleum." the re.
ire ibs o5s ha wad AZ
with wit the mud in winter. " " ~
has bs R:en to ussa 1.vs With dS SSd and
mud on RAILWAYS and hiehways Sprin
King with crude petroleum would certainly
y' oSSs t" it would out make socd
winter road fer speeding horses; PerhsPs Il
chances are against the success OF the expert:
ment. Salt would be much more likely to
produce produce the desired result according to my
Asked ABOUT the propq;e d. coating o, gravel
certainly be made fit for winter driving In this
way .,,. ,,. F.. aid l..
lis that It would leave the surface loose and
mealy when warm weather came again. sup;
oSs Ss
into the surface soil now on the road. max ing
itialmost impossible to remove tho gravel In
SO far as the expense OF hitting the Speedway
no reason to believe the project vii! fail through
lack OF funds. even II the city authorities DO
Sansa ph. ae %G 9R: mater h Of
Melville " Boypton, , 9Tne5 q q. gene little
| gray road marc Brunhide, Z:loS. SAID:
money right here on the Speedway. III give
! 500 or 5000 IL necessary. to help pay for tho
work. and there are many others who would
| gladly give as much or more
Big Fields for the Parkway Meeting.
What promises to be the fastest harness
races ever seen on Long Island ia in sight
at the Parkway Driving Clubs fall trotting
meeting this week. There are no less than
nineteen entries in the free-for.al trotting
class. and ten Of the number have public rec
Roam h %Ees 2e Among ' fenn..ss: :
Wilkes: Bessie Bonehill. 2:05a4, by Empire
Wilkes Prince Albert. ;O8I by Grown Prince;
Sv %G1 by H%$PRy ksrf fSnGSy
Toboggan. ,2:Qsl,,, by Mountain Prince; Dan
n. 2:O4t;S;f by ProdiGal; and Sc!avopiG; 2;98'.
2;0SI. Prince Albert and Democracy will be
remem bered as tho two crack PAGERS that
figured in the sensational race at Allentown.
The con test was one OF tho fastest ever seen
on hali-mile track. Democracy Tnnin g the
SECOND heat n 2O7s n9d Primes Ai:rs the third
that 7. +. Heating campaigned through the
Grand Circuit this year, 10 another. notable fac
tor in the coming Parkway free for-all. The
horse was without record last spring
The entry list Ia a record breaker for the Brook.
lyn track. No less than 1+S horhes have been
nominated for the nine races OF the meeting.
bowling.
with the exception OF adopting q schedule which
will be compiled during tho coming week. the
Wholesale Drug Trade Bowling Association ofhciAls
have completed arrangements for this seasons
tournament Reid'S alleys nave been engaged for
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