1912 Olympic Games Official Report Part 2

INFORMATION FOR INTENDING COMPETITORS IN THEHORSE RACES.I. Situation of Hotels, Military Offices and Barracks.Hotels: The Grand Hotel and Hotel Royal, The Strand Hotel, Hotel Continental,Hotel Terminus, Hotel Anglais, Hotel Rydberg.Military offices: The Inspector of the Cavalry, The War Office, The Commandant-Generalof Stockholm.Barracks: The Royal Horse Guards (Cav. 1), The Royal Dragoons (Cav. 2),The Royal Svea Artillery Regiment (Art. 1), The Royal Svea Life-Guards (Inf. 1),The Royal Göta Life-Guards (Inf. 2).II. Visits of Ceremony.The following royal personages and chiefs (authorities) should be called onby the foreign officers taking part in the Horse Races of the Olympic Games (visiting-card).1. H. R. H. Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf, Honorary Chairman of theOrganising Committee of the Olympic Games; the Royal Palace, west archway.Names can be entered in the visitor’s book from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.2. H. R. H. Prince Carl, Inspector of the Cavalry, Honorary Chairmanof the Horse Racing Committee, 56, Storgatan, from 12 noon to 1 p.m.; telephoneto the adjutant; Riks 19 68.3. Dr. D. Bergström, Minister for War, 2, Mynttorget, from 10,30 to 11,30 a.m.;telephone to the adjutant: Riks 18 79.4. Major-General C. A. Jungstedt, Commandant-General of Stockholm, Commanderof the 4th Army section (Öfverkommendantsexpeditionen), from 11 a.m.to 3 p.m. Telephone: Riks 19 95.III. The Secretary’s Office of the Horse Riding Committee.Karlavägen 4.Telephone: Riks 24. Allm. 234 50.From the 16th July inclusive, a secretary’s office will be opened in theStadium, too.IV. Stables.Chief of the Stabling Bureau: G. Hernlund, Lieutenant, Royal Svea ArtilleryRegiment. Can be seen at the barracks, (telephone: Riks 936, Allm. 69 22);all the stables are situated here.Stabling for foreign horses, in the stables on the ground north of the barracks;telephone, Riks 10 57, Allm. 268 50.Stabling for Swedish horses, in the north-west stable wing of the barracks, andin the grounds to the west of it; telephone, Riks 121 94, Allm. 51 74.Saddling stable just north of the Stadium in the Stockholm Riding Institute,where there are about 30 boxes, intended only for horses awaiting their turn tocompete.The shortest roads for leading horses to the saddling stables are marked inbroad black lines on the plan at the end of the book.For the convenience of pedestrians steps are erected leading from the groundsat stable A to Sturevägen.V. Galloping and Steeple=chase Tracks and Bridle=Roads.Galloping Track in the Stockholm Race-course in Lindarängen, 2 km. (1 mile)east of the barracks of the Royal Svea Artillery Regiment. The use of the grasstrack and the obstacles is subject to the regulations issued by the official steward.Steeple-chase Tracks. 1. Sand track, immediately east of the Barracks of theSwedish Artillery Regiment, exactly similar to the Stadium track.2. Grass track on the race-course of the Stockholm Field Riding Club; about25 different obstacles.Bridle-Roads. There are a number of bridle-roads suitable for exercising horsesin Djurgården.607