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Originally Posted by eastsussexred
We know from newspaper reports that the course was upgraded in the latter part of the 19th Century, with spiked railings installed along the boundary of Mold Road, and so from the camera angle of the two photo's taken in the paddock in 1912 we can say that the paddock for horses was located just past the original (1854) MRS on Mold Road- today this would be on the mold road, in the corner of the boundary between the techend and the MRS, as attachment 1. The spectators in the background are on a raised bank and the camera angle shows that this had to be the raised bank behind the Plas Coch end of the football pitch.
We also now know from the photo's that the original start line was located just off Crispin Lane- where the training pitch is today, with the finish post directly opposite the Turf. I have added another attachment to show the layout of course, as it was in 1838.
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We also now know that the horses ran anticlockwise around course, which I don't think had been realised, or recorded previously.