IMPROVEMENTS TO CAMBRIDGE COURSE

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 99, 18 July 1927, Page 6

IMPROVEMENTS TO CAMBRIDGE COURSE

LAWNS AND ENCLOSURE NO WORK ON TRACK The Cambridge Trotting Club which held such a successful gather - I ing in May, has spent a good perj centage of the profit which accrued from the fixture on improvements to the lawn and enclosure grounds. The work is now completed, and the elevated and re-dressed portions are down in grass. The alterations, it is anticipated, will permit 7,000 people to view the racng with comfort and ease, and patrons of the Hunt and Trotting Clubs’ gatherings at Cambridge in future will appreciate the improved facilities offered. WHAT ABOUT THE TRACK? Unfortunately no improvement has been effected to the bends on the racing track, which are. in their present state, very unsatisfactory from a trotting point of view. It will be remembered that after the May fixture reference was made in these columns to the need for raising the turns on the outer, and owners and trainers were hopeful that following on the huge success achieved by the club on May 7, this essential work would bo put in hand. There is justification in the claim of those engaged in the trotting business in respect to this question, as owners and trainers play a rather important part toward tlio successes attained by clubs, and it is only fitting that more consideration should be given to their requirements training and racing tracks are concerned. THE REASON WHY “Abaydos” has made inquiries into the problem of the banking of the bends on the Cambridge course for the benefit of light harness enthusiasts ond learns that owing to the track being required for the Hunt Club’s race fixture, it is impossible, at least undesirable, to interfere with the present conformation of the grass circuit. This is a regrettable state of affairs, and looks as though the Cambridge Club is in the unenviable position of being “between two stools.” However, there is every reason to believe that the question of improvements in the interest of the trotting people will again be opened up by the authorities, and some remedial action taken before the next fixture rolls round.