Twenty thousand people fought their way, into- the trains to and from the Grunewald Racecourse, Berlin, on Ascension Day, 9th May (says an exchange). The newspapers declare that the scramble not only for places in .the trains, but also for admission to the course, and the queues leading to the betting machines, caji only be described as a "bloody battle." Those who succeeded in forcing their way into the trains reached there bruised and dishevelled. Others waited for hours. The newspapers bitterly . criticise the railway authorities as well as the Jockey Club, asserting that as long as racing is permitted accommodation somehow must be provided. Some of the wildest hand-to-hand fighting raged round the. race-Card sellers, the number of cards available having been about one to every ten persons on the course.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 40, 15 August 1918, Page 3
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