The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-29
WILL PROVIDE FOR 4
ALL KINDSOF GAMEA
Largest Carpet in the World Be.
ing Woven to Form Artifi-
cial Turf for Immense
Floor Will Be Stout
Enough for
Football. 4
Special Cable to The Ttmes-D1spatch a

Especial Cable to The TtmeS-D1patch aA ~
New York Herald) 5is
Copyright. by the New York Herald co.) # u
LONDON. October 2s.-I made refer- Il
ence week ago to what London is doing
to improve itself in making 1t brighter
city for foreign visitors and now prepa.
rations are we'll in hand for opening Xhat
will be the most remarkable club in thA
kingdom. 4
That great building. known as tbs
Olympia, is being converted into what
will be an immense club, which Will pro-
vide all kinds of sports and games during
the winter months The COMMITTEES Inc
cudes such prominent men In the social 4
and sporting life as viscount Hayashi.g
the Earl of iKilmorey, Viscount Done-ss
ralle, Lord Hawke, Lord Rosmead, Col ls
w. r. Murphy, the Earl OF KinnoulI
Lord Alverstone, Colonel Newnham Da-@
Wis and leading sportsmen. . ss$
The scheme Is an ambitious one. It -
designed to meet the needs Of q vast h
number Of men who, because they do not 4
play foorball,i have to deny themselves
ali exercise during the winter months.
The Olympia is being turned into a mid-&
summer field and on It. with midsun1mer& y
comforts and at FmidsXmm liner temperature, 81
Londoners can play their favorite game
be it cricket, lawn tennis squash, rac-8
Quets. croquet, bowls. golf putting or n
anything else. \. 3..4. s55
Giant Carpet for Turf.
4 The main difficulty was to provide
turf and the promoters claim that has
been done. They are weaving an enor-Ss
nous carpet to cover the vast floor k2aco &
OF the Olympia. which Is tsto be \ stout \
enough for football and resilient enough
for tennis. III !, ri @ ii5a8as 81 ia
Ss Tennis men have driven on 1t. and the
f,,,,a ao,,n ,uI, =
Z enough for their sntisf sfaction. Foot
ballers have fallen OMIT and have found
1t at least al comfortable as meadow.
The carpet is now being woven at Gems
ford and has already been two months
In making, and for two months mora itS
will continue to find employment for tho
entire village. fs5 q s@
S1 It Is woven upon a firm basis OF cocoa
nut mating, and Its surface Is made sof
raf1la grass, which has been specially
Imported from South America by the \
makers 1t is the largest carpet in tho 4
world, has the appearance of grass. and. "
say experts who have tried It, has the
peculiar qualities OF grass as we'll.
a Instructors will be provided for 8fencn1.a
wrestling, boxing, jiu itsu and gymnas-s
tic exercises. and a stated hours mem
3bers may use the arena for learning how
( to drive automobiles. From gallery33to ~
gallery tle distance Is !Stf Ieet. 0lOOLlIkF
men will be able to fire at a Norris tube
rifle range. Each game Is to be&con-
trolled by a committee Of experts elected
by the General Committee. n ttss8{.
Show Place Of London.
Apart from the use of the club as n q
gigantic exercise ground the promoters
Intend to make it one OF the great show
places Of London. On every evening In
the week and on Thursday and Saturday
afternoons games will be played by pre-
fessonal teams for the entertainments Of
members and the public. 3
There will be whtppet races, In which
some of the best-known dogs will take
part. Jumping, fencing and wrestling
contests are to be provided. Spanish ex.
perts have been engaged to play that
whirlwind game OF hand ball known al
pelota, which is played in every town IN
Spain and has carried Paris by storm.
Concerts will be given every afternoon
and evening. on Sundays as well as on
week days. Interesting and novel enter
tainments are promised for the theatre
$and music hall. Refreshment roorns.
bath rooms. reading rooms and the like y
will furnish all conveniences of a club.
The subscriptions are to be five gulneas
(s2550) a year for men and three guineas
(Sl53o) for women.