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END OF THE IRISH RACING YEAR. Lasting three weeks lieyond the English cam-Ti-iign the Irish flat-racing season was brought to , a satisfactory concluson at The Curragh. November 17 when fields were of good average strength and j the finishes in most cases interesting. Matters • as between backers and layers would, on balance, tavcr the latter, even though four of tlie six winners met with a lot of snp| ort. A feature of f tlie davs proceedings was that the whole of the « balf-doieii successful animals were ridden by r English iookevs — the professionals lieing p. Jones j and K Crisp 0«oth Northerners i. S. Donoghue • champion and W. Williams and F. Mason, while the well known amateur. Mr. H. S. Harrison, had ! the mount on Mintou China, which carried off the hurdle handicap.
