Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-11

towns should be run for the citizens
rather than for the corporations me
tramways are owned by the govern
ment. There Is one section of the race
course 10 which all are admitted iree
of charge, and thousands OF laborlng
men are to be seen there with their
families on Saturday afternoons
There are all sorts Of public lnsutu-
tons, such as museums, picture gal-
leries, baths and technical schools
There Is q working mans college when
has several thousand students ana
there are numerous night schools The
city keeps up an aquarium and a good
geological garden. IL has about 5000
acres set aside for parks and pleasure
grounds, and It's citizens have many
organizations and clubs for outdoor
amusement. The Melbourne Cricket
club, which was founded about the
time the city was begun, now numbers
more than 5000 members. IL Keeps
twenty men busy to care for It's prop
orty, paying out salaries for such pur-
poses of about $3.50 per week, Already
more than 100000 have been spent on
the present cricket ground, and II Is
said to be the finest of Its kind IN the
world. IL comprises nine acres, OF
which four and one-half acres are used
for playing.
THE MELBOURNE RACES.
wish / could take you out to one
OF the grand meetings Of the Melbourne
race course. The city claims to have
the finest racing park in the world
II Is known as the Pennington race
course II has an area of about oOo
acres, and the track Is q mile ana
half In length. The whole 300 acres,
except the grand stands, stables ana
track IL covered with a lawn OF
thick velvety green. The tracks are
two, one running inside the other, one
fitted up for steepe-chases and the
other for running and hurdle races the
grounds are equipped With the latest
improvements. The horses start at
the rising of wire moved by cleo
tricity, and there are all sorts OF pat
ent improvements az 90 timing, etc.
At the great races, such as the Mel
bourne cup. hundreds of thousands OF
people are present and the sight Is one
worth coming TO Australia 20 see The
inside OF the ring is given up to the
people who pay nothing whatever. The
grand stand, built on a hill at one side
of the course, has first-class seats,
which cost 80 each, and directly be-
hind II on the hill itself are equally
good places, which you can have for
60 cents each. In either or these stu
atoms the spectator has full view OF
the horses for the whole distance. He
need not lose sight OF the race for
the tenth of second, and Is just where
he can see the horses come ip at the
finish
have frequently attended these
races. They are held every Saturday
afternoon during the season, when you
may see thousands Of welldressed men
and women In the grand stand on the
hill at the back. | was surprised AT
the dressing both of the women and
men. The girls wear as good clothes
| as their American sisters, and the men
are far better dressed than their broth
! ers of England Nearly every one
bets, the girls putting up their money
| as well as the boys The crowd In
cludes the public officials, the judges
| and even the preachers, though ! VIII
not say that | saw the latter make ex-
trayagant bets.
COFFEE PALACES VS. HOTELS.
as that big building an hotel2' /
asked a Melbourne man one afternoon
as we were going by one Of the finest
| structures OF this magnificent city.
mo" was the reply, Il don't think
It's an hotel, and still heard the 9TH
| err day that It's owners had bought out
the right 20 sell liquors and so It may
be an hotel after all"
"But what is III" | asked.
ut is q big coffee palace"
"And what is a coffee palace?"
"oh, you know" said the man, you