Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1908 — To Build a Big Race Track. [ARTICLE]

To Build a Big Race Track.

Since the elimination of horse racing in Chicago three years ago the sporting fraternity has been in search of a site within easy access of Chicago where races might be run without interference from the authorities. New Buffalo, Mich., has at last bten selected as a site and it was announced there Sunday that Monday morning a force of 400 men would begin work on the construction of the new race track, grand stand and stables which will be built on a tract of land just across the state line, near Michigan City. The promoters, some of the best known track men in the country, state that New Buffalo will be made the big sporting center for the states of Illinois, Indiana and Michigan, and are positive in their assurance that there will be no interference by Governor Warren, of Michigan. It is the ultimate plan of the syndicate behind the project to spend a million dollars in developing this track and in erecting modern buildings. Plans are also under way for the construction of an interurban railway which will give New Buffalo connection with the several traction lines traversing northern Indiana, thus making the track easy of access. It is said that the syndicate has been working on this proposition for more that a year, and would not undertake it but for the understanding that there will bo no interference with the outlined plans.