"AN IDEAL RACE MEETING."

Otago Witness, Issue 2906, 24 November 1909, Page 55

"AN IDEAL RACE MEETING."

Mr A. M. Niool, representative of tbe London Daily Chrondole, who came to Australia to represent his paper ia connection with the Chamber of Commerce Conference, was present at the •Melbourne Cup. Giving has impressions, he said : " Every aspect of tiho worst associations of horse-jreicing was absent, and all the features that constitute an idetel race meeting were present. It was a people's day, and not an aristocrat's ; and the reality of the Australian democracy was demonstrated and portrayed at it 6 best. I bad the privilege of studying the handling of the people from tbe signal box at Spencer street, and, considering the limited number of tracks at the disposal of the railway officers," the

order was flawless and the expedition wonderful. I «uw irain. No. 8 pass the signal box in-wards, and within 3± maniutes I saw the same brain oome out loadl&d with 6SO passengers — a feat which even the New Yorkera would consider as something to ' lick creation.' And after the races I should say that in 30 minutes tiie course was cleared, and to -one who has been to Epsom, and one who knows Epsom, Chat is lanofeher feature he is not likely to forget. The comipositioni of tihe crowd was most attractive. The preponderance of ladies was almost staggering, and yet their presence and the infhienoea of their dresses seemed to mo to be respcoisibld for the- very higih order and decorum that marked the whole scene."