Any Improvements At Paeroa

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXVII, Issue 14930, 18 March 1949, Page 5

Any Improvements At Paeroa

Dhinemuri Course v Alterations ? Training Facilities Provided siderable improvements to the ana grounds of the Paeroa carried out by : Jjaitteo of the Ohinemuri - u * n addition to the p "- m sn equipment which this ■ f. lub installed and used n P S brn( ; at their September iH'’f eX l? ns * ve w °nks are nov/ n<r +° r F e formation of new n § tracks.

grass track will be id to 6Q feet wide, ein turns and be bounded nf ld v witn a nost and rail L‘ a slxghtlv higher level wi-1 \virin^ h F ac k approximately Gnc i inside this again a Iv arc* §rass track approxV,, t' Wde, bounded on the 1 sbee P-nroof fence. Cl hn X ls , advanced and in.-i „f o^ y * or grassing about ; t March. Although not

yet completed this work should add to the appearance of this picturesque course as well as provide first class and ample training facilities. The raising of the inside grass some times feet behind the finishing post and r-und the turn, wd' obviate a b"d feature of the steeplechase course. The float is also t° be improved and the grade coming m is -o be eased. A lar<*e g” 1 lv is to be filled in, approximately trebling the present parking s’oaee. Spe n >ai attention is being giv n n to the narking, and exodus of articulated floats, a type of transport which is increasing in numbers. Tim grading nf the public park has been completed and onlv requires to b° grassed and fenced; A high bank Ims been token down to r'md level the spc'l being used to fill the gullv behind the stables, giving an even surface with a grade of one in twenty and doubling the parking capacity of this area.