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Taranaki Daily News, 26 November 1920, Page 5

The Hawkc's Bay sportsman, Mr. T. H. Lowry, ift a private letter to the Auckland Star, gives his impressions of the four days' racing at Doncaster, lug- , land at "wlrich he was present. The crowd, lie states, was enormous, being estimated at 300,000, which is claimed to lie a world's record. The accommodation was poor in every way, all the old gigs, carts, lorries, and oven donkey cart* being used to carry the people Jo tha course, the wonderful part bcintt th« manner in which the police controlled the traffic. The ratine wi>.s~sro6tf".and the finishes close in most of the events, but outside the betting there was no general interest or enthusiasm about the results—in fact, the maiden steeplechase at Hastings would create more excitement. In Mr. Lowry's opinion ttta starters in the St. Leger nearly all looked as if they had done too much racing, although Caligula was An exception, appearing much fresher than the oth«rs. A fW shillings spent in the free ««e of Nazol to protect the mucous meny 3 wanes of the month, nose and throat 1 against Influenza infect>«u_ i* htttev "* **••* hours of tuffarinfi.. *;->'. : t