FAST RUNNING TRACKS
LOVELOCK. PREFERS GRASS For the first 30-odd years of my life I had never seen a cinder track, writes J. E. Lovelock in an English paper. I was used to all training and competition on grass, grass which varied from rough pasture land prepared' only on the morning of the sports meeting by crude marking out to championship tracks, watered and rolled with all thfe loving care a firstclass groundsman gives to his wicket. Then for the next 10 years or so I saw nothing but cinder tracks of every kind and description in all parts of the world, rough and sandy ones which had just been laid down. As a result of this varied experience in tracks, I have no hesitation whatsoever in saying that if the choice lies between a good grass track and a good cinder track, I would invariably choose the grass. I am convinced, however, that the really good-class tracks on which I have competed in New Zealand and Australia are definitely faster than any cinders I have tried in England or Europe. **
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20385, 23 October 1940, Page 3
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181FAST RUNNING TRACKS Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20385, 23 October 1940, Page 3
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