103 



with Messrs. James Talbot Power and James O'Reilly. To these gen- 

 tlemen is the nation at large, and Ireland in particular, indebted for the 

 success which has attended the Dublin Horse Show. It was by reason 

 of their ability, sound practical judgment, and thorough knowledge of 

 the requirements that the principal improvements were brought about. 

 While in carrying out the details of the working their powers, both 

 administrative and executive, never tired. 



The Royal Dublin Society has ever been non-political and non- 

 sectarian, and, needless to say, nothing pertaining to "party" is 

 associated with the Dublin Horse Show. Withal, it is a curious fact, 

 and one suggestive to an eminent degree, that throughout the long 

 history of the Society and the comparatively short history of the Show, 

 both one and other have been supported solely by that section of Irish- 

 men which all along represented wealth, social position, and adherence 

 to constitutional principle. 



Patriots, in the only real and true meaning, have the members of that 

 section always proved themselves to be, and may dawn never open the 

 day on which they will be supplanted in my own dear old country ! 



\ 



