RACING IN IRELAND.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1322, 26 August 1915, Page 8

RACING IN IRELAND.

S’nce racing is not being interfered with in Ireland by the authorities English horses have been sent there in larger numbers than usual to compete, and horses have been sent over from France to race at Newmarket, but the influx of French horses is not so great as was expected, and, according to “Boulanger” in the “Sporting Life,” not so formidable as was anticipated in quarters which have taken to criticising the participation of foreign stables rather adversely. Of course, considering the vastly reduced facilities, the greatest possible scope should have been given, and preferential treatment granted to horses in British ownership, but, small as the foreign competition now turns out to be, it can hardly interfere with the Englishman’s legitimate right to have the little of racing that is left for himself. Had there been a huge invasion of foreign horses, matters would be totally different, but as things are I feel certain that the participation of French stables on such a limited scale will be welcomed by the home Turf world rather than received with an ill-timed bias.”