The New York herald., 1922-05-14

Copyright, 1929, by THE New York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Dublin. May Is.
The reports received this week that
America will be strongly represented
at the Aonach Tailtean, the ten day
Irish international athletic carnival
to be held here in August. has con-
WINGED the committee in charge that
the event will be a great success.
Dublin and all the surrounding dis
tricts will be turned into huge ath-
letic field for program of all kinds
of sports. 1t is estimated that this
event will be twice as large as the
usual Olympic meets. The rest of the
country will be opened wide to tour
lists and all railroads will operate spe-
cial excursion trains daily. Entries
already have been received from the
United States, Canada, Newfoundland,
Australia, South America, England
Scotland and Wales, though the con-
tests are open only to members Of the
Irish race.
Contests will be held in sixteen
branches of sport, including all kinds of
racing on land and water, shooting con-
tests. games and also billiard and chess
matches. In addition there will be band
contests and large art display is be-
ing gathered and will be exhibited in
forty-seven sections representing all sorts
OF work done by members of the Irish
race.
Special Features.
Among the special features will be
motorcycle race held on the Phoenix
Park course. the finest in Ireland. A
two day yacht race will be held In Dub
lin Bay A marathon race will start
from the town Of Tara, the ancient seat
of Irish kings wlsera<khas-lAanach Tail
team was held until 1t was discontinued
seven centuries ago.
Women will participate In FOUNDERS
(baseball), tennis. golf, swimming and
Camogie contests. the latter being a
game resembling hockey. America has
been invited to send picked baseball
team to give exhibition games, the COM
mittee desiring to further the American
ambition to internationalize the game.
The all-Ireland hurlers will meet the
Scottish shinny players.
The committee also has acceded to the
American request to allow four entries
from each country in the sprinting
events instead of one as at first sug-
gested.
Early prognostigators already are
picking America to win the sprirting
and other field events, Scotland the box
ing contests and Ireland the all a-ound
championships. The committee desires
especially to obtain strong Canadian
team, Canada not being represented In
enough contests.
Social Program.
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cial social program is being prepared.
Efforts are being made to have all towns
throughout the country decorated The
Dublin committee has completed plans
and has obtained promises of coopera-
tlon from important stores to turn the
city and suburbs into twenty ring
circus. An important feature cf the
carnival will be convention whiSk Will
try to arrange the games every .hree
years. the plan being to suggest that the
next Aonach Tailtean be held in New
York.
One of the difficulties will be the ac-
commodation of visitors. Thirty-seven
committees throughout the country are
working to make the necessary arrange
ments for this, and every house In Dub
lin is being canvassed. A large tourist
agency has agents in the United States
who expect to organize enough parties
to fill twelve steamships which have
been chartered for the event.
The committee in charge hopes that
no one will be kept away through the
fear of Irish warfare. Best informed
circles are now saying that the trouble
will be over In another month. but even
n It should continue this need not worry
the visitors in the slightest, according
70 the Irish viewpoint