The Spectator

The Spectator at war: Racing post

From ‘Ascot in Wartime’, The Spectator, 6 March 1915:

[To the Editor of “THE SPECTATOR”]

SIR,—There has been much discussion recently over the question of the Epsom Grand Stand. As to the rights and wrongs involved in that discussion I hardly think there can be two opinions. But, Sir, I ask your permission to address you on a larger issue. It is proposed, we are told, to hold the Ascot races this year as usual. The proposal seems to many people simply outrageous, and we who think thus would deeply appreciate and welcome a candid opinion on the subject from the Spectator, and as a regular reader I ask you most earnestly to give your views on this grave proposal. To me it seems simply incredible, and even cruel, that there should be any idea of holding the Ascot race meeting this year.

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