THE 1892 LIMERICK RACES, OFFICIAL PROGRAMME. For the first day of the Autumn meeting organised by the Limerick Race Company at Greenpark Racecourse, Wednesday September 7th 1892, 16 printed pages,...

THE 1892 LIMERICK RACES, OFFICIAL PROGRAMME. For the first day of the Autumn meeting organised by the Limerick Race Company at Greenpark Racecourse, Wednesday September 7th 1892, 16 printed pages, including a schedule of 12 musical selections to be played by the band of the Black Watch during the day, along with lists of horses running in the five races and details of their owners, decorative card cover. Despite political tensions and occasional violence, Ireland remained a popular posting with regiments of the British army during the late 19th century. Regimental bands were popular with the public, providing musical entertainment at social and sporting events. For officers of regiments that employed horses, the Cavalry, Artillery, and Army Service Corps, Ireland was a particularly welcome posting, one that allowed them to indulge their passion for horses and horse riding. Officers like Major Bunbury, who ran two horses in the 4th race at this meeting. There was only one Major Bunbury serving in the British army in 1892, Major (later Major General Sir) Herbert Napier Bunbury, grandson of Henry Edward Bunbury, 7th Baronet, who was first commissioned into the Royal Artillery as a Lieutenant in 1871, transferred to the Army Service Corps in 1886, and was Director of Supplies and Transport, Irish Command, 1903. H.N. Bunbury was a cousin of the Bunburys of Cranavonane, Co. Carlow. Greenpark was once the main racecourse for Limerick city, closing when the new racecourse was opened at Raheen..

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