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PASSING OF OLD RACING LANDMARKS NEW YORK. N. Y., October 23. The old clubhouse, the last landmark of the picturesque old Morris Park course, is being dismantled. , Morris Park came after Jerome Park in the district above Manhattan and in its day was one of the most popular metropolitan tracks. Empire City is now the only course in the immediate vicinity of Jerome Park and Morris Park. Every vestige of the. old Jerome Park track has been effaced, except part of one of the stables, which can be seen from Jerome avenue, still in use, probably for a garage. The site of the course is part of the citys reservoir system, but the famous knoll or hill still remains. This obstruction caused anxious speculators on their favorite steeds so many thrills in former days. It was in the field inclosure and prevented a full view of the longer distance races. It Is related that many a horse which was in the lead when the field went behind the hill emerged far in the ruck.
