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area for protecting Park property during the Winter increased, 

 and the shelters have been put in order. 



ART WORK. 



Contracts have been made with Frederick MacMonnies, the 

 distinguished American sculptor, for the creation of bronze 

 groups for the pedestals at the Ocean Parkway entrance to 

 Prospect Park, and a quadriga for the Soldiers and Sailors' 

 Memorial Arch, located on the Park Plaza. Designs have 

 been prepared by Stanford White for the completion of the 

 main entrance to the Park, and steps have been taken to award 

 contracts for this work. It is also intended to improve the Park 

 Plaza within the line of the mounds, which have been greatly 

 beautified during the past season by the planting of new trees 

 and bushes in addition to the laying of concrete walks about 

 them. The Lincoln statue, at the request of the Memorial 

 Committee of the Grand Army of the Republic, will be placed 

 within the Park, where it will have a better site and be preserved 

 from injury. The fountain, which is falling into decay, will be 

 reconstructed, so as to throw a perpendicular jet of water in 

 place of the cascade. The graveled surface fronting the fount- 

 ain will be replaced with grass and flowers. 



AMUSEMENT EOR THE PEOPLE. 



The facilities afforded by Prospect Park for pleasure and recre- 

 ation have been enjoyed by many thousands of people during 

 the year. Every endeavor was put forth to enable the lovers of 

 lawn tennis, croquet, foot-ball, base-ball and other games to have 

 every opportunity of enjoyment. Hundreds of Sunday-school 

 pic-nics were held in the Park, to the great delight of hosts of 

 children. Unfortunately, the preparations for the Sunday- 

 school Anniversary were rendered useless by continuous rains, 

 and this necessitated the reconstruction of the reviewing stand 

 on the Park Plaza. The free concerts given in the Parks were 



