The terrible list of death and rhed the firma day of th to Madrid race and led to the prohibition of its continuance has naturally produced a deep effect in this country, in view of the coming contest in Ireland. At first there ation for the cancel of the permission for the Irish contest but that would have been a rather difficult matter seeing that a special Act of Parliament has been passed to enable that race to be held. Moreover the Automobile Club has been able to issue a strongly reassuring statement on the sub-The conditions of the Irish race Il_be entirely different from those of the Continental contest. The mumber of cats has been reduced preliminary trials to twelve. all approx-ately of the speed; in the Paris-rid race there were over 200 of every of speed. The course in that ce was 800 miles long and the police and soldiers told off to guard it were utterly inadequate in numbers. The Irish which is to be traversed throe or four times, is only 93 mules long, and. is to be guarded by 7,000 police as well as troops and club. stewards. As far as is humanly possible all danger to pedestrians and other sight-seers has een avoided, and the danger to the competitors has been redueed to a minimum. the French disasters will, however, serious! affect the agitation of the automobolists for the abolition of the speed limit of motors on public roads.
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