Southern good roads . t waiting for the track. On Saturday, five days before the races, it rainedhard all the afternoon and most of the night. Sundaythe track was soft in some places and here and theresomewhat sticky. But by Sunday afternoon it wouldnot stick to a tire or shoe and on Jlonday morningwhen final dressing began it was harder than before therain, indicating that the very fine pulverizing the sur-face had received had in a measure replaced the ])ud-dling necessary. On ilonday and Tuesday the tlrag was discarded andthe grader used to cut down all irregularities. Other-wise t
Southern good roads . t waiting for the track. On Saturday, five days before the races, it rainedhard all the afternoon and most of the night. Sundaythe track was soft in some places and here and theresomewhat sticky. But by Sunday afternoon it wouldnot stick to a tire or shoe and on Jlonday morningwhen final dressing began it was harder than before therain, indicating that the very fine pulverizing the sur-face had received had in a measure replaced the ])ud-dling necessary. On ilonday and Tuesday the tlrag was discarded andthe grader used to cut down all irregularities. Other-wise the treatment continued the same. F(U- use between morning and afternon races a brushharrow was made of four young pines about 6 feethigii, with close even growth, and a 2x6 piece of butts of the pines were nailed to the under side ofthe plank so tliat the harrow would run free with noth-ing but the branches dragging. This served well to fillhoof marks and sulky tracks in the loose cushion anddress the Harrison County, Mississippi Fair Grounds Race Track Completed. SecondDays Racing, Whicii Shows Value of Split Log Drag The lofatimi of the ti-ack an<l its size math- it an easymatter to get data on a hoise roller speed. The seventon Austin roller that was used was hauled by sevenmules. The speed Mas aliiidst exactly two miles perhour. On oyivy timing the half mile varietl less thana minute, ilie dragging, with four mules, was slight-ly slower, the speed being one and three (|uarter milesper hour. This varied with tiie moisture in the the soil was heavy it stuck to the diag and timelost as well as the extra loading decreased the speedsubstaiil ially. With six mules on the 16 foot drag thespeed was generally like the r )ller and varied much lesswith damper soil. Tiie peg harro^v ^vith two mules,driver Iiding, traveleil two and thiee ipiarter miles jierhour, and the brush harrow as fast as the nmles couldwalk, the load being nominal. The sand-clay mix
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