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BUILDING FAST AT HAWTHOENE. The work of rebuilding the structures that were burned down at Hawthorne is being rushed along with a rapidity that will bring the grandstand and betting ring into a complete state before the bugle calls the horses to the post for the opening race of the next meeting of the Chicago Jockey Club. A force of nearly three hundred, of which half the number are carpenters, are wonting two hours a day overtime to bring this about. The new grandstand, although a single decker, will have a larger seating capacity than the old stand. Its length will be 396 feet and will contain eighteen rows of chairs, and this, after allowing space for aisles will seat in the neighborhood of six thousand persons. The dining room, bar, and lavatories have already reached a state of completion, and the builders are at present busily engaged in placing a roof over the stand. The betting ring, which will be under the north end of the stand, is almost finished, the exception being the floor, which will not be completed until after a considerable amount of grading has been done. Two teams are now steadily at work with large scoops hauling out large quantities of sand to make the ground level. When com-- .ploted-ihc-battinc-ring will"be-"mucfcr larger than : the old one. The paddock, which will hot be built until after the next meeting, will be modeled on the lines of the one destroyed and will be situated fifty feet morth of the batting ring. Tne failure to build the paddock in time for the next meeting will necesi-tate the secretary and jockeys occupying temporary quarters somewhere under the grandstand. The inability to have the paddock built was on account of scarcity of workmen, all the available force being used on the other structures. The judges and timers stands were practically uninjured by the fire and, beyond needing to be repainted, are as good as new. The association is doing its own building under the supervision of A. M. Allen and he positively announced that the grandstand and betting ring would be finished in time for the next meeting.
