AVONDALE IMPROVEMENTS
Work in: connection with the mv provement cif the Avondale Jockey Club's course is now well under way ■_ and it is expected that next spring will see the-completion of a new piece- of track. Approximately £4000 has been" allotted to the work of extending the;back stretch, which will give a straight run out front the seven-furlong and the mile barrier, whereas at present races; over these distances start on a bend:"Alterations" have been made" to the*; judge's stand, which has been moved', back 20ft and raised Bft 6in from the^ ground, and this should have the effect: - of greatly facilitating the duties of 'that official.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 70, 20 September 1939, Page 13
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107AVONDALE IMPROVEMENTS Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 70, 20 September 1939, Page 13
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