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and in our racing stablea alone goes to pay a number of men and boys, 

 which exceeds, as I said before, the full strength of ten regiments of 

 the lioe. 



The added money given to racing in England and Ireland in 1891 

 has been shown to have amounted to £617,839. To this has to be 

 added the cost of the various cups, including, of course, those of Ascot, 

 Goodwood, and Doncaster. These moneys and cups, being premiums, as 

 it were, are not to be added to the cost of racing, but if it had not been 

 for the sport that money would not have been subscribed for or laid 

 out. 



I have not dealt with what may be termed " consequential" expendi- 

 ture—such as houses kept permanently or temporarily, but specially 

 for hunting, racing, shooting, or fishiog, nor with entertainment therein 

 of guests invited for the sport. Neither have I provided for the enor- 

 mous amount laid out at Newmarket and other places upon residences 

 and stabling. Were I to have done so the totals to be brought out 

 would have been so astounding they would not be credited. I therefore 

 refrained from attempting to enter into that labyrinth. 



To calculating what is spent upon the minor branches of sport and 

 upon our pastimes, I have no time to devote at present. I shall, 

 however, in a cursory manner, refer to some, and to institutions, the 

 oflfspring of sport. 



To play polo regularly and in proper style costs a man as much as to 

 hunt. Four-in-hand and tandem driving, also otter-hunting and 

 coursing cost a lot of money in their way. Cricket, football, and the 

 newly-introduced golf cost the players more or less according to the 

 distances they travel, while the multitudes of people who go weekly 

 to witness matches of their favourite games cause thousands upon 

 thousands to be circulated, even though but a trifle is spent by each 

 individual. The same remark applies to regattas, foot, boat, and cycle 

 races, while the prizes given for these sporting contests total annually 

 an enormous sum.* 



Stud farms are numerous in many parts of the country and cause 

 Vcis' employment. No doubt, with few exceptions, they are got up for 

 commercial speculations ; nevertheless, were it not for our hunting and 

 racing there would be no need for such establishments. 



Horse and Dog shows are got up as a direct result of Sport. Hotel- 

 keepers, ladies with " rooms to let," and hackney trap drivers, not to 

 speak of railway managers, know full well what sums of money come 

 to them out of these annual reunions. There is more money spent in 

 Dublin during the weeks of the Dog Show in spring, the Horse Show in 

 August, and that given in April jointly to Punchestown and Leopards- 

 town, than there is probably during the rest of the year ! 



* A leading paper in the spring of 1S93 stated that " nearly seven millions 

 sterling are paid annually by spectators as gate money at football matches 

 in Britain ! " 



