Life — July 24, 1902 — page 20: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

New York’s Great Midsummer Attraction. SOME OF THE NOVEL FRATCRES OF THR NEW BRIGHTON TRACK, NOW THE MODEL RACE COCKSE OP THR COUNTRY. HE most interesting feature of the great develop- _/ ment or new era in horse racing is to be found in the extensive improvements made at the Brighton Race Track, which is now perfectly and appropriately equipped for high class midsuminer racing. Open, airy, built on the edge of the sea, with a breeze al blowing cool and fresh from the ocean, the track offers a cool retreat when the rest of New York is sweltering in the heat 4 a = FROM MAIN ENTRANCE. BRIGHTON: _= -PADDOCKS ~ "CLUB HOUSE AND PADDOCK — GRAND STAND RING AND NEW FIELD STAND, seen ferrreum * = ~ IMPROVEMEN -EOOLING PADDOCKS.. CLUB-HOYSE: a First in beauty and importance of the new build- ingsis the club house, which is conceded to be by far the handsomest race-track club house in the country. The first floor is surrounded by a broad veranda, where members of the club, together with their fami- lies and friends, may obtain an unobstructed view of the whole track. \L VIEW OP THR IMPROVEMENTS AT BRIGHTON BEACH RACE TRACK. The new paddock has a broad gallery running around the four sides of the building. ‘This feature is a novel one, and is for the purpose of per- mitting women to scrutinize the horses in the paddock. It is thus that the club arouses an_ interest in horses on the part of their fair guests and breaks up that feminine custom of judging a horse by the name, or the colors of the jockey. ‘The new grand stand admits freely the invigors!: ing ocean breezes. It seats comfortably five thousand persons, and every one of its arena-like seats com mands a perfect view of the entire course. $200,000 in stakes and purses will be awarded tothe lucky owners during the meeting ending August 4 comicbooks.com