THE SPORTS GROUND.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 284, 1 December 1898, Page 39 (Supplement)

THE SPORTS GROUND.

A. good many Aueklanders have alw^ ready visited the Exhibition sports^ ground, as it has already been twice I thrown open to the public. The first \ occasion was on October 29th, when the Auckland Cycling Club opened the ground with their Spring ■■<Cjwa'fTM| while on November 23rd the rfiW. ■ iV* 'r* series of sports meetings * orm w a' tion with tkexhibiH^^Ihe ground has a s.parate ent 4 nc ' from Symonds-st. Tl* banked cvolf track is eighteen feet w&e, aW ?,? m a narrow oval shaji. par&U ?* Symonds-street. It hasty surfW l° r ' tar and sand, and is fiv^ laps tt mile. The banking is twelve feev the corner by the Choral Hall in A tween ten and eleven at the Vonotf" end. The track has not jet h a ?den& sufficiently to be pronlced ?£$ but it is improving. The Tinder tra6& - for pedestrian events ru s six lar '*-- to the mile, and is situate! inside tl cycle track, while down tit centr M -^ a straight course of 130Jyards fX A sprint and hurdle races. Kaiiisf Sk ' rear of the Exhibition bu dings is _\ > grandstand capable of ibldino- L \ tween 1800 and 2000 spe£ £\\ rieath this and on the othe/side nf h, 7 track are platforms, K h ,be / good view of the races <Th £ % a'? cd. The track is lighted /t nWh^r ln" / by four huge lam^/p] I*™^^ / down the centre of tffi? n 0n posta/ six lights, incandescent'gas If M/ actual illuminating C a, city of ontr candle power. Aloj*o- .ii +. , Vt grandstand are «is£%^ <*** each cluster and it must be admitC^-^ \rs 1 expense nor skill has ll_-,P„ f 4 / the Auckland Gas Comp^.?^ \ the lighting of the grounco irv | > IiKS