The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-11-17

buildings was awarded to Miles Bradley
of Saratoga, The biggest job he will have
will be the moving of the grand stand,
clubhouse and betting ring These in
closures connect with one another. The
grand stand, which Is to he made longer
by 1870 feet, giving IL a total seating capacity
OF e.OOO. will be moved to foundations OPP
posite the first turn OF the old track and
will face almost due east. The clubhouse
will stand away down on what used To be
the diagonal chute of the old track, some
thing like 1000 feet southwest of where
il stands now. The betting ring will he
almost on the site of the present clubhouse
and opposite the gate through which the
horses formerly entered the track from
the paddock for each race.
Besides moving these structures the CON
tractor will have to move ten stables, IN
Guiding those built last spring by Mr.. Whit
ney, Thomas Hitchcock, Jr, and August
Belmont. The new track will run through
parts Of each Of these stables and new sites
will have TO he found for them. Mr.. Bel
mont's is one Of the finest stables at this
or at any other track. lt Ii. surrounded
all tiled and a handsome trainers cottage
was erected in one corner of the paddock.
When the trackbuilders and the car
penters have lone their work, Tottep, the
landscape gardener, will set about the
identifying OF the grounds. He has al
'fhA lNaAhA' hf'fa 49, ~ $3.50
newly-acquired land. This work was done
under contract. For the rest-the flowers
and the shrubbery and the tropical plants
he has received carte blanche. He has q
told TO make the grounds as beautiful AZ
flowers and foliage and fountains and the
like can make them. IL IL the intention OF
the officers Of the association TO have the
racetrack gardens one of the show places
OF Saratoga.
II the cold weather holds on and a slf-
l.t..y fr-n "A 1900 "a IA - asnnl cha
work OF building the track ought to be
completed in about three months. The
entire job will not be finished before early
summer. The contractors are most seri-
ously handicapped by the lack OF laborers
Either all the men who need 10 work here
bouts have employment or they have
no liking for the handling of the pick and
shovel. If there are any laborers on Man.
haitian Island out Of a job. they a get
plenty Of work and good pay by coming
to Saratoga. Within the past three days
$50 Italians, all good Democrats. accord
ing 20 their padrone, have been brought
here from New York and put To work at
the track. There are a Few votes that
Mr.. Shepard won't get and n couple OF
hundred more Of the same kind of voters
MANY inquiries have been made as 10
the total cost of this work. Contract
prices have been well guarded and. there
fore, n mans guess il as good as another's
II was originally intended to expend $50
600 on improvements, less the cost Of the
land acquired for them. The land cost
not far from $4,000. That would made
the intended cost $4,000. One of the
contractors, when asked the other day IL
that sum would pay for the work, smiled
and said:
Fine racetracks, like fine racehorses, cost
money. | have seen all the great race
courses in the world. but | never thought
10 see as fine and "a beautiful a one az
this will be-. But it's going TO cost a lot Of
money. and II ! had only siso. on, I d hate
90 ave To pay for this job, ] wouldn t
suit I'd rather paw the bills IL | had $3.50
ono, and ] don't think I'd have a whole lot
left then