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WHERE 15,000 CAN SEE BIG RACE

MR. J. WARWICK'S KINDNESS

IMPORTANCE OP BEING EARLY

Mr. Harry Ferguson, chairman Ulster Automobile Club, at a meeting of the General Committee in Belfast on Monday evening, mentioned that a total of roughly £188 had been raised in connection with the “Belfast Telegraph” Fund for the expenses of the big car race. Mr. Ferguson said the response to the appeals for financial assistance had been very generous. That was largely due to the publicity given by the Press, to whom they were under a great debt of gratitude. He might say that if there should be a balance it would be utilised in organising a similar race in the future. The financial position was now most satisfactory. At the same time they would be willing to receive further subscriptions, and he would ask all those people who had promised but had not actually paid their contribution to do so as soon as possible.

SETTING A FINE EXAMPLE

Some complaint has been made that in a few instances people who own fields adjoining the course have intimated that they will not permit spectators to enter these unless on payment of 2s 6d per head. There maybe some such cases, but they are offset by the splendid generosity of others.

Quite the most notable example of this generosity is that of Mr. John Warwick, the well-known Belfast sportsman. Not only did Mr. Warwick give to the Royal Automobile Club a free site for their stand as well as the whole of the huge space behind the stand for a parking ground, but he has intimated that all the fields of his large farm fronting the roadway adjoining the official stand, right from Millbank Gate to the water trough, will be thrown open to the general public free of all charge, and 15,000 spectators can easily be accommodated on this extended frontage.

All that Mr. Warwick asks in return is that the public will do as little damage as possible in the circumstances, and will, as far as possible, keep behind the fences rather than stand upon them. The ground here all slopes upward, and the view from the back rows especially will be just as good as that from the front, and it will be possible for all using this ground to sit down and watch the racing comfortably, assuming always that the day is dry. Mr. Warwick's spirited example has evoked warm praise, and it is hoped it will be followed by many others.