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LINCOLN FIELDS PROGRESS Col Winns New Track at Crete to Be Finished About July 4 Itnildingr Program Going at Top Speed Track TrackItself Itself Under Construction More MoreThan Than COO M en at Work Lincoln Fields the palatial race course which Col Matt J Winn and his associates are building near Crete 111 will be com ¬ pleted by July 4 This statement is based on the fact that the building program has been going on at such a pace that it would be hard to conceive that it will not be fin ¬ ished by that time timeThe The steel work for the massive clubhouse and grandstand is all up and in place It is expected that the steel workers will be finished with their work by the end of this week The wooden forms which hold the concrete work on the clubhouse have been put in place and the pouring of concrete has already started The masonry work will start as soon as the concrete has had a chance to harden Some bricklaying has been started on the grandstand and from all appearances it is going to be a thing of beauty as well as being one of the largest and most commodious stands of any course in the country countryTho Tho twenty stables which are to be located south of the first turn have been started and it is thought that they will be entirely completed in the Course of a couple of weeks These twenty stables are in addition to the ten at the north end of the course and adjoining the Dixie Highway The stables are of thirtyeight stall capacity each mak ¬ ing stall room for 1140 horses If it be ¬ comes necessary to build additional stables there is room enough to build many more It is thought that the thirty stables will suffice for the inaugural meeting however These stables are of the very newest design and will be more than appreciated by the horsemen who will race there thereMore More than six hundred workmen are occu ¬ pied on the various kinds of work and a great many of these are to be seen on the track proper The oval and the chutes have been graded roughly and the work of ap ¬ plying the top dressing will start in a day or so The scene from the grandstand or clubhouse is as pretty as one could wish for Immediately behind the back stretch the large clumps of beautiful trees and the spirited horses carrying their jockeys with the varied colored silks will present a sight Continued on sixteenth page LINCOLN FIELDS PROGRESS Continued from first page not to be seen on many race courses coursesTrack Track superintendent Tom Young who also holds the same position at Colonel Winns Latonia track is busy on the scene directing the various workmen He is all agog over his new work and finds no idle time He together with the different con ¬ tractors and engineers will move into the secretarys office building as soon as it is completed There remains little to be done on it however and it may be that they will be quartered there in another week or so The immense paddock which lies just north of the secretarys office is also completed but for the pouring of the concrete and putting on the roof The steel is all up and riveted rivetedThe The subway which is to be dug underneath the Dixie Highway has also been started A steam shovel is busily engaged scooping up the earth and loading it onto the waiting dump wagons This subway is to connect the C E I spur which lies on the west side of the Dixie with the grandstand and club ¬ house The farm house which superintendent Young and others are using for temporary quarters will be moved as soon as the secre ¬ tarys office is completed It now stands on the site of the depot and train shed that are to be built builtAll All in all the work of constructing Chi ¬ cagos newest playgrounds is going on at such a pace that it is difficult to imagine that it will not be completed when the dates for the initial meeting are announced That those who will journey out to the track are in for a pleasant surprise is a foregone con ¬ clusion
