CORRESPONDENCE

Grey River Argus, 8 October 1942, Page 1

CORRESPONDENCE

TROTTING CLUB AND THE “OUTER.” (To the Editor). Sir, —Reading the report of the Greymouth T.C. meeting, I was hoping 'that something .was going to happen before I reached the end of the report-;' and that at long “last” the “outside” public would have the “barrier” raised. Alas, I. was disappointed. Things stand “as you were.” At evc-rv Trotting Club meeting I have attended; the thought has struck me that perhaps at the next meeting, this “shabby gentility” difference would be removed “Cheap” sport is how some members put it, and said in a tone I presume that it was out of due consideration for te “two-bobbers” that the “barrier” was there. Many a time when rain has 'been pelting down (and the attendance not so great as to tax the inside shelters, or stands, to their capacity), have the “outside” public been kept outside, until the last race was on. Personally I think that the Club missed -a grand, chance of making a gesture that would be appreciated by the majority of race-goers. . The Jockey Club sets no bar, and though the price is higher, everyone is treated alike. I have no inferiority complex—nor have the outside patrons and I am sorry that the motion was not carried. I thank the gentlemen who had the courage to give the r i‘outs : de” folk a kind' (nought for “aren’t we all Jack Thomson’s bairns,” and should not we all assemble at sports meetings as such. I am etc., J. DUFFY. Greymouth. Qctobei' 7, 1942.