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AMBITIOUS PLANS FOR. HAVANA RACINGv Track to Ba Finer Than Any H. D. Brown Has Yet Built Cheap Transportation. Havana, Cuba, July 21. H. D. Brown intends that the new track which he Is building here and which will open for a winter meeting of high elass on Thanksgiving day, shall be the best of all the racing plants that he has built. The track itself will he located on the outskirts of Havana, the loveliest and liveliest of all the cities of the Antilles a city that within the past live years probably bas attracted more tourists than any other in North America. It is a sport-loving city, with ample hotel accommodations and a street car and cab service that could scarcely be duplicated. For years some of the wealthiest and best citizens desired a race meeting, but would not tolerate any that did not measure up to their Ideals. They wanted good horses, grounds that would practically be a private park, and strict regulation. This is what they are promised at the new track. The transportation will be especially convenient. Street cars will run to the main entrance, and from the center of the city to the club enclosure is the Grand Prada a macadam boulevard, sixty feet wide, skirting the shores of the gulf, over which automobiles and carriages may go. The course will bo of the regulation mile type, with a six-furlongs chute for the sprint races and and a half-mile chute over which the two-year-olds may settle the question of supremacy. There will be 1,500 stalls, in barn sections of thirty, each of which will bo equipped with electricity. The stakes have already been mapped out. There will be a topline stake of 0,000, which probably will be the feature for the opening day, a Derby of 0,000, and others ranging in value from ,500 to ,000. Mr. Brown has engaged four large steamships to transport horses and horsemen to Havana and return at a rate less than one-third the usual fare. They will depart from Now York, Jacksonville and other points that may bo most convenient for horsemen. The trip is a short and pleasant one and Cuba will be seeii at its best. The climate Is ideal for man and horse, and Havana, for the past live years, bas been one of the most sanitary and healthful of cities.
