THE ASHBURTON RACECOURSE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 211, 19 June 1933, Page 5

THE ASHBURTON RACECOURSE.

Sil',_——l clésire to fully endorse “the? opinions expressed by “onlooker” on; the Ashburton' Racecourse : in' your. issue'of the .15th'nist. regarding the undue length of, theiwlconrse.’ :‘lt it; fully twice as long as it Shoiild begeéi‘ pecially from a spectators; poml7 eff; View, and the-latter arethe very ones " theeluhs‘ have to 'look:te for Support: ~ Even in the We mile ~raees thejhor'ses" enly pass the grandstancls once otheif» than‘the finish“ At Addington and. at ' Febui'y Park the horses ”pass the" stands four or five times in "a, similar race, land the public can watch ithe’ positioiis of the horsesfrom eta-rt tor finish with the greatest of interest and, enjoyment. But not so at Ashburtong You never hear thehorse owners com~' plain V regarding the smallerfl ti‘aclis,,' ‘provmed' they are kept in good order. A ‘sh‘orter track would be 'mo-re easily; kept even if it had to 039 elayedianid; banked on the turns. Besides you (get cleanei‘ espoi‘t on the ’shortei‘ _ tmcks. I,‘ like “0nlool:e1‘,” have heard adv verso comment from thepuhlie. 01in. (lull day the horses are barely visible in the distance. Myadvice to the club iS‘ “to'get busy’f while labour “is cheap, and give their supporters value for? their moneyfl‘hanking you, 81'3“er ‘thisspaceL ' 1 , 4 1 f_ . T". t J 4.1 L VONLOOKER’ Nd; 2.”