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PROPOSED TYPE OF GRANDSTAND Architect Scott C. Dyer, who visited the various racing" plants to gain first knowledge of new ideas, selected the new cyclone fence on the right of photo, showing an eight-foot No. 4 wire, with spear top and concrete base. The photo on right shows Dade Park grandstand with low base. In making drawings for the new grandstand Mr. Dyer has improved on the general construction, but the seating and general conformation will be with the general lines herewith shown. Judge Joseph A. Murphy is particularly anxious to get something other than the old stereotype form of stand and the new plans call for a rise of eight feet, with a front row of boxes the entire length of the stand with entrance from the promenade on the mezzanine floor with ten rows of seats called- mezzanine seats, thence a rise for each row of four inches with platform of twenty-four inches each. The space allotted will give plenty of room for an opera chair. The grandstand proper will be very deep and will accommodate easily 25,000 people.
