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BUILDING LINCOLN FIELDS Work Well Advanced on Chicagos Newest Track — Ready to Erect Club House and Grandstand. Chicagos newest race track and play grounds, Kincoln Fields, is gradually getting into shape. A representative of Daily Pacing Form made a journey to the site of the proposed course and was amazed with the work that has already been accomplished. The inclement weather encountered the past three weeks t« nded to slow up the work to some degree but now that the weather has broken, it is expected that all the various phases of work to be done will go along in good order. The spur line, which will serve to l ring those who will journey to the track by the C. and E. I. P. P. is now laid, and work wili soon be started on the massive depot that is to be erected. It is intended that a subway will be dug from the depot, which lies on the west side of the Dixie Highway, to the track, which is on the other side of the road. Py use of this subway large crowds can be handled with ease and there will be no slowing up of traffic on the highway. The concrete forms which will support the elaborate club house and the grand stand are all in readiness for the steel work. It is thought that the buildings will begin to take shape some time next week. Plenty of young saplings have been planted along the east side of the road and this will serve to beautify the already natural grounds. Not much difficulty is looked for in the building of the track proper as there is only one high spot on the course and a small engine is busy all the while running the flat cars to a low spot on the turn out of the back stretch as fast as they can be loaded by the scoop shovels. The ground itself is all high and dry and it should prove to be a wonderful racing strip. No stables are to be seen yet, but the material is all at hand waiting for the carpenters to start their hammering and sawing. It is proposed to erect ten stables of forty-six stalls each at the turn into the home stretch, and twenty stables with a like number of stalls just beyond the first turn. These stables are to be the last word in beauty and comfort with no detail overlooked. If these stables prove to be inadequate there is plenty of room to build numerous others. No attempt is being made to do anything on the polo field and the golf course as all efforts are being used in getting the track and stands in readiness. The place when completed should truly be one of the most beautiful courses in this country or abroad. There are no factory buildings or the like to mar the beauty and an afternoon spent there will be a real treat.
