(PRESS ASSOCIATION.) RACING AND THE WAR
LORD DUNRAVEN OBJECTS (Received March 9, 9 a.m.) LONDON, Bth March. Lord Dunraven, the well-known sportsman, in & letter to the press, supports the stoppage of the Ascot and Epsom racing festivals, refers to Lord Rosebery's Napoleonic comparison, and adds that no doubt then we had only ourselves to consider ; now we had our neighbours, whose feelings might be wounded. "We should not amuse ourselves while the Belgians' sun was clouded." [Lord Rosebery, in a letter to the newspapers, protested against a suggestion to stop racing. He said that if it ceased altogether, thoroughbred horses, which are essential to the army, would disappear. "Our Allies know that Englishmen do not fchink it necessary to put up the shutters because they are engaged in war. Epsom and Ascot races were held throughout the Napoleonic wars, and the winner of the Derby was announced in general orders during the Crimean campaign."]
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 57, 9 March 1915, Page 7
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154(PRESS ASSOCIATION.) RACING AND THE WAR Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 57, 9 March 1915, Page 7
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