race track thus in time shutting out this objectional)le feature; a grove 

 of pines to hide the grand stand, and a more or less thick planting 

 of shrubs along the street frontage with here and there a vista of 

 the flowers within. These plans were endorsed by the Board of Park 

 Commissioners and accepted by the 1915 committee. I was very 

 anxious to start the work early in June so as to be able to get it all 

 planted and have a grand display of wild flowers by early spring 

 1915. but I was disappointed in this as the County Board of Super- 

 visors, which was to provide the necessary funds held the matter up 

 for many months, and it was not until nearly the end of the year 

 that the necessary arrangements were made for carrying out the work. 

 As the County authorities decided to do the grading, to install the 

 sprinkling system and to lay out the walks, it was nearly the end of 







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