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FINE SOIL FOR NEW TRACK. Spokane, Wash., July 10.— One hundred and uftv-tin-ee stalls have been oedered reserved bv letter* from horse owners scattered In various parts of the northwest. Rocky Mountain country and Kentucky for the inaugural meeting of the Conor dAlene Pair and Racing Association. This d.x-s not include letters from other turfmen who have informed the local promoters that they will send some of their horses here, because in these cases the number of reservations were not Sneeranded. Track Superintendent W. W Finn is highly satisfied with the quality of tie- top soil that is now being spread over the new utile track. "Its the best dressing I ever saw and if we do n,.t put up the fastest track in the United States 1 wili miss my guess. We have found a :m,l and I am pit about a mile and a half from the track and now have eight teams bulling. Wc will put ten or twelve more at work in a few days and in two Weeks will dump 1,800 or 2.000 loads on the track. This stuff is a peculiar mixture, Jnsl tbe thing for a tine, springy, lightning -fast track. Ii is the soil that ihe horses* loots will deal and not cap. it will take the rain without getting deep and when it dries it will not pack. We will put on ■ top soil about five or six Inches deep. The original foundation of the track is black loam and gravel."
