. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. "^rggr '^0 CONDUCTED 5°^ Drtvtn« Ctttb fQ13^ safe to that wilhout equivo- catioD, or any ttndency to bo far as tracks are con- cerned, the Alameda Driving Course and Boulevard adjoin- ing form the best training gronnd for harness horses in this or any other State. It may be better to qualify the statement by changing best to the equal of any training grounds where ever located, though I cannot imagine where the track and bonlevard could be bettered when the object sought is to teach horses to trot or pace, and to bring them into such &
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. "^rggr '^0 CONDUCTED 5°^ Drtvtn« Ctttb fQ13^ safe to that wilhout equivo- catioD, or any ttndency to bo far as tracks are con- cerned, the Alameda Driving Course and Boulevard adjoin- ing form the best training gronnd for harness horses in this or any other State. It may be better to qualify the statement by changing best to the equal of any training grounds where ever located, though I cannot imagine where the track and bonlevard could be bettered when the object sought is to teach horses to trot or pace, and to bring them into such "condition" as will best fit them for races. The "regulation track" i. e. a mile in circuit the turns semi-circles of aquarter of a mile with paralle', straight stretches which, of course, are also a quarter of a mile each, is nearly faultless, though the turns might be "thrown up" somewhat more with advantage. The track was built by a few men who have a fondness for driving, and who did not look for a money return on their expenditure. Then a satisfactory lease could not be obtained and the only improvements a rati on the turns and some other fenc- ing, cooling out sheds, a few stalls, and the judges stand, the cut represents the stalls, the angle forming a better protec- tion from the western winds than if on one straight line. A MORNING SCENE, ALAMEDA TRACK. Watching the horses exercise Ib fully as attractive to some harness-horse fanciers as to go to the races. There is this advantage, there is something going on every minnte. It may be that there are several parties "working out" together, two, three or it may be more in competition, while one sec- tion is cooling out another is on the track, and scarcely an interval of ten minutes without something to interest. The Boulevard is not properly appreciated, one mile and an eighth in length, one hundred feet wide, straight with the exception of an easy curve that with so
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