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WOULDNT YOU LIKE TO BE THERE 1 New York, August 9. The good old-fashioned race track clam -bake is to be revived. And there is none among the old guard of racing who will not hail with enthusiasm the announcement that on the first Sunday in September, the once annual Sheeps-head Bay event will be revived at Belmont Park. At the solicitation of a number of horsemen Harry Stevens agreed to go ahead with the big bake provided James Villepiguu, who has been responsible for more big "bakes" than any man in America, would lend his guiding hand. Mr. Villeyigue immediately agreed to do so and at once became one of the most enthusiastic of those who are strong for a revival of this one-time fixture of the turf. It takes considerable time to get together all the component parts of a "bake," and. froglegs in quantities are tht; most difficult to obtain. Mr. Villepiguu has retired from active business, but now that he is taking an interest in the proposed celebration lias given an order for 300 pounds of selected froglegs to a Canadian, who furnished them to him in tin; olden days. Here is what will be required for a "bake" for 000 men for it will be strictly a stag affair: 11! bushels of soft and hard clams. 400 pounds sheepshead fish. 300 pounds Canadian froglegs. 350 pounds Maine lobsters. 1,000 yards honeycomb tripe. 300 pair of broiling chickens. 50 bushels sweet potatoes. 50 bushels white potatoes. 500 watermelons. 1,201 ears of sweet corn. It also will require the service of 100 waiters to serve the above allotment of food. And it is safe to say that more good fellowship will be promoted among horsemen and patrons of the turf at such an affair as the "bake" promises to be than a whole season of mingling on the busy afternoons of racing.
