The Washington herald., 1915-11-01
WILL HAVE BEST
TRACK IN WORLD
Improvement Being Made On
Oriental Park at Havana
for Winter Racing.
CUBAN HORSES TRAINING

SPECIAL Cable to The Washington Herald.
HAVANA. Cuba. Oct. 5l.-WOTk has
already been begun on large
scale refaclng the Oriental Park
Race track, and now there are about
twenty carloads OF soil being dumped
every day at the park for the new track
covering. II being brought from a high
land bank. about four miles away on the
Havana Central tracks. As soon as the
loading facilities are improved there will
be greater lots received each day and in
a months time fully a thousand car
loads will have been secured. While this
means a great expense to the Racing As
ISOLATION. II also means that the Havana
track. situated as II Is. laid out as it has
been. and graded as II is to be. will be
the fastest race track in the world. the
appointments will be the best. the su-
roundlngs will be the most beautiful.
and the accommodations the most con-
venient of any race course in the world.
and especially far better than any CIV
ing winter racing.
Mr.. Harry D. Brown. jr.. who Is super
intending the work at the track. has a
large force OF workmen busy. loading
and hauling the dirt. unloading and dis
tributing and leveling il on the track. "A
layer from eight to ten inches thick Is
being placed on the track II is Of that
ClhsS VI SOIL uOcb IOl nOtu IIlOlS-
ture. docs not cake or clod up after be-
ing wet. can be thoroughly packed. yet
will furnish a firm but springy footing
for the horses. and with the already
evenly levelled track below II will, ex-
perts have pronounced. form the best
race course possible to produce in any
country.
The south side OF the oval is being
drained by means Of a large ditch on
10 the lower flats below to the south
east. No further dependence is to be
placed upon that underground cave.
which sometimes drains and some times
does not. The north end of the oval Is
thoroughly drained. and directly after
the heavy rains Of last Saturday and
Sunday was perfectly dry. This section
OF the track last winter during the bad
weather gave a great deal OF trouble.
but the old conditions are now complete
ly changed
One OF the greatest things In connec-
ton with the racing meet this year will
be the Cuba-American Jockey Club.
which has its clubhouse, an deliberately
appointed building, Just above the great
grand stand. Mr.. A. II. Livingston Is
now busy enrolling members of this club
for the coming year. and he has been so
successful thus far that the future OF
the club is assured. This club will have
special privileges which will be of great
advantage to the members, still they
will in no way interfere with the privi-
leges Of the general public
Mr.. Livingston Is calling on leading
citizens Of Havana informing them OF
the advantages the club will have. Presi-
dent Menocal, who last year had his
private box in the main floor OF the
grand stand. will this year occupy a
place on the balcony terrace Of the club
house.
Among the honorary and active on
GERS of the Cuba-American Jockey Club
are President Mario c. Menocal, Secre-
tary Villalon. Secretary Emilio Nunez,
Senator Ricardo Dolz, Sr. Adolfo Nuno.
Hon. Frank Steinhart. Mr.. II. d. Brown.
sr Mario d. Irizar. DIR. J. Albarren, DR..
Miguel Nuno. Jr.
While none of the racing stock has
yet arrived from the north, there are
several Cuban owned horses already at
the track to begin training. Sr. Agusto
Lesama, who bought several of the best
horses out of last winters lot, has his
stable there. and has brought a trainer
from New York, Mr.. Frank Taylor, to
get his horses into condition. ST. EugenIo
Alvarez valdes has recently purchased
some yearlings and 2-year-olds In Ken
lucky, and viii begin training theE at
once.