New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-11
TIMELY BITS Of SPORT
New and Complete Home for the
Thoroughbreds in Maryland.
TRACK AT HAVRE De GRACE
Connie Mack Says Captain OF
the Athletics Is Lost to
the Team.

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now in the course of construction that VIII
be one of the best Of its kind in America.
The Hartford County Breeders Association
Is the name of the corporation, which Is
spending money lavishly to complete the
work, so that a thirty day meeting can be-
gin early I'm September Philadelphia and
Baltimore capital has been invested and
license has been secured from the racing
| commission of the county. but the associ-
alton will depend largely upon the sanction
and approval Of the Jockey Club or New
York. the recognized controller of the Amer
lean turf, to keep the sport upon o high
plane, thereby winning the confidence ana
support Of the racing public
The new track will stand upon natural
Site on the banks Of Chesapeake Bay. IL
can be reached by trains over the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad from Philadelphia In ntty
minutes. and from Baltimore in even quick
sr time. The ground is as level as billiard
Ia bic. the turf soft and entirely free from
stones and the atmosphere conducive TO
health among thoroughbreds, just as II used
10 be at Saratoga. In building this track
the promoters are assured of permanent
racing under the new law In Maryland so
that they feel at liberty TO spend their
money freely They intend 70 have plant
that will compare favorably with the Ne"
York tracks.
The architects received the contract for
the plans on May 80 and they were nm
ished on June 10 The contract for build
ing was let on June IS. and the work must
be finished on August 80. Concrete ana steel
will not be used in putting I'D the build
ings which will be entirely or wood, WIN
terra Gotta tiled roofing The grandstand
is $50 feet long and 50 feet deep, with
front row Of thirty-siX boxes and eleven
rows Of seats, furnishing room for thirty
Eve hundred persons There are six en-
frances to the stand-three from the lawn,
which Is one hundred feet broad from the
track rails. and three from what is known
as the commissioners paddock where
speculation can go on
This paddock Is en- octegon In shape,
240 feet in diameter and SO feet wide,
open q the sides and covered with glass
roof II has room for at least nifty layers,
with plenty of space IN the centre Under
the grandstand is a lunch counter snd
restaurant: also a cafe
The clubhouse, of two stories, has
frontage of IS feet and a depth Of 81 feet.
IN tHs lIsl lDOt dlS tHc dHcONIhtiOh "a
fees, with large central hall p feet long
and 40 feet wide; also a reception room
% by 30 feet, and porches in front and in
the rear On the second floor is the din
ing room. 40 by IS feet. with kitchen and
pantry in the rear. covered balcony 20
by So feet marks fine vantage point 70
view the races.
Beyond the clubhouse is the saddling
paddock-an open space As by $50 feet
with fifteen large stalls There Is ample
stable room. with five hundred stalls, two
kitchens dining rooms dormitories for
stable boys. trainers and help. and living
quarters for owners and trainers. The
Judges and timers stands are modelled
after those at the Jamaica racetrack.
The track Is one mile In circumference
and eighty feet wide in the back and home
stretches, with the turns, banked, sixty
feet wide. There is a chute OF six fur
longs for sprint races and the surface OF
the course will be "a soft as velvet
Sewers and drains will be constructed,
also artesian wells will be bored as the
purest water can thus be secured. In
fact nothing will be left undone in the
attempt 10 make the Havre de Grace track
the finest in Maryland and a magnet for
the best horses IN training II will be the
policy Of the association to hang up lib
eral stakes and purses. which will be an
nounced in due time,
The admission yesterday. by Connie
Mack. manager Of the Philadelphia Ath-
letcs, that Captain Danny Murphy. the
hard hitting right fielder. is out Of the
game for the season. was shock to fol
lowers Of the worlds champions.
His absence may imperl the clubs
chances OF winning another pennant. Mack
says Murphy has water on the knee and
that he does not sec how lie can get I'm
condition to play again this season. Muir
ply hurt his knee on June ., when he slid
into tho plate in a game Mt Chicago.
George Davis, the williams College pitch
or who twirled such sensational bail this
spring and practically won the so-called
championship for his team, will report to
the New York Yankees for duty on Friday.
He was signed by the club some time ago.
Wolverton Is planning to give him trial
very shortly.
Tho Yankees will journey over TO Ho-
with the Lawrence team of the New Eng
land League, which will make a trip down
this way. Heating, the star pitcher Of the
league. who will join the Yankees next
season, is slated to twirl against his future
comrades, so that the fans" may get a |
line on the young ''phenom" by trip |
across the river.
Hank O'Day has purchased another |
pitcher in an effort to strengthen the Gin |
cinnati Reds. Hirsch is the man, and he |
will report In a day or two from tho |
Meridian Club, OF the Cotton States League.
The Detroit Tigers purchased Charles
Deal third baseman In the South Michi-
gan League, yesterday. Deal has been bat
ting around 800 and IL is stated that he
cost the club 5000. lie will report at
Boston on Saturday.
Buck Grouse, OF Pittsburgh, who makes
his first appearance in this city In a ten
round bout with Young Dave Kurtz, In
the Garden, next Monday night, Is one OF
the leading middleweights. although he has
vainly tried to arrange matches with Frank
Klaus, Jack Dillon and Eddie McGoorty.
Grouse has taken part In more than
seventy battles, yet he is only twenty-one
years old. He has never had a decision
rendered against him. and has beaten such
men as Leo Houck, Billy Berger, Young
Loughry, Mike Glover. Ted Nelson, George
Chip, Marty Cutler and Frank Perron. Two
years ago he put up a strong argument
against the late Stanley Ketchel, at Wheel
ing, W. Va. AS a big lightweight he also
stood off Battling Nelson and Ad Wolgast