"The racing path is usually a cinder track, about a quarter of a mile in lenght , and square, or rather oval in form".
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There is litlle or no betting, and there are none of the sights which make many racecourses , especially racecourses in the vicinity of towns , unfitted for the presence of ladies.. ;)
(cycling, viscount Bury, 1887
-- mvg
Marten Gerritsen
Kiel Windeweer
Netherlands