Vol. 2 No. 1 - Modernist Magazines Project

STANISLAUS LYNCH 64.
half-length away, third. Being then in my velveteens,
with a large white sailor collar and a white lanyard that
held a whistle in my breast pocket, I regret that I am
unable to recapture the atmosphere of that race. But those
names may revive happy memories to those of an earlier
generation. One name that I have reason to remember
is that of a five-year-old horse who carried twelve stone
and only ran fourth in the one hundred sovereigns Fairyhouse
Plate. Later that name was to re-echo over the world
and become emblazoned on the pages of Aintree's history :
gallant old * Shaun Spadah/
Things that are emblazoned on the pages of Ireland's
history are brought to mind by that Racing Calendar of
twenty-five years ago. Fairyhouse races are always held
on Easter Monday. But no more memorable Easter
Monday ever dawned in Ireland than that on which ' All
Sorts * won the Irish Grand National ; for, that year,
while the crowds at Fairyhouse were cheering home their
favourites, Dublin city was making 1916 as unforgettable
as 1798.
Looking over last year's entries I find that 194 horses
were entered at the meeting. Considering that English
racing has been drastically curtailed during the war and
that so many English horses are at present racing in Ireland,
this should be a red-letter year at Fairyhouse.
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