New-York tribune., 1903-03-29

Ground was broken yesterday for the masnin-
cent new racetrack of the Westchester Racing
Association at Belmont Park as 1t is to De calieu'
in Nassau County. just over the hne lIoiii
@.reans on the Jamaica Plank Road between
Jamaica and Hampstead. There FOR the next
two years about two thousand WorKnlen VI
nanv kinds will be employed in the building OF
what doubtless will be the most magn1hceht
establishment devoted to high class turl spun -
this or any other country.
The nIans involve an expenditure OF ABOUT
"a 200 ono between now and the opening OF the
season in 1905 at which time August benilo"'
and his friends hope to enjoy racing unoeF co'l
d;tIons that will be as nearly ideal from a
physical point of view money Will PROVIDE.
sunerIatives are pardonabe when the plans
are understood and when Mr. BELMONT associ-
ates In the Westchester Racing Association say
that the new track will stand at the head OF all
such enterprises their enthusiasm seems 70 nave
solid foundations. This will be track "hlch
New-Yorx people will doubtless reach IN speclal
suhuav EXPRESS trains from uptown ana oo"h-
town Manhattan and Brooklyn; where the "e
votee may stroll in the shade OF trees OF Iu'i en- ~
honorable girth; where the perfume lloill 0O'
Of flowers under scientific cultivation VIII 0UI
delight: where the wayfarer VIII nave ioo''
to spare and where the enthusiasts oec4ale' -o
<,.,,ra classics Of turfdom will have their be-
ginnings. - -,
Mr belmont is said to be the possessor OF
at..- 40 .horas of the stock of the Westchester
Pacing Association. For that reason, his rrlehuS
saw the track will be largely Of his creauoh'
snd for that reason it is to be called 6elnohS
Park The track is placed just over the LNie ~
Nassau. County, because the projectors looAeu
forward to time when city streets VIII 81 o
all narts of Queens Borough the heea Oh cItS
streets doomed Morris Park. Belmont Fa1A "tu
II IS hoped, for many generations remain Il0
mecca of the horse lover after the tue Oh PopI
lation has overwhelmed existing tracAS neal tl-I0
city. Being outside the cl'E' II '"ii''' "
demned for city streets.
rbera will he six distinct tracks, and the PARK
u,;u co,er 666 acres This area is larger 'hah
prosnect Park and pretty nearly as large as
Central Park. ,
The land lies on two sides Of the Jamaica
plank Road. along which at this particular poiiiC
for six thousand feet there IS douDie Io" ~
eyersreens of large size. The tracks u 'i'
Long Island Railroad are near by 'he near ''-
station at present being In the village OF queens
FRUIT GROWN IN THE WINTER
Tho greater part Of the land was the property
ne W D. e Manus. whose handsome county
nIace will be the clubhouse or the lh''o'
The Manus place is one OF the sho" pi"'
Nassau County. Mr.. Manus has hau 1t u''Ne @
high state of cultivation for tnlrtJ 5ediS' anu
some of it's features now are the priue Vi III"
friends. The Manus house and grounus proper
co,,or about sixty acres. There are acres OF not
houses and flower gardens There are Sepdl ate
botbouses for flowers figs, grapes and apples
and nears. The collection of pear trees Is salo
70 he the largest in the United States. MT
Manus grows fruit the year around ana ms
guests enjoy fresh figs for breakfast about SIX
months in the year.
Tho sfx tracks will be as follows Main track
ore and one-half miles; O. chute seven-etghths OF