Keene On Big Auto Race

Glad Germany Won and Says Result Insures Another Contest

The New York Herald's European edition publishes the following from its correspondent at Ballyshannon, Ireland:

Foxhall Keene, one of the competitors in the recent race in Ireland for the International Automobile cup, is enthusiastic in his praise of the race and the manner in which it was conducted. "It is the best kept race that has ever taken place anywhere," he said to me at the finish. "There was nothing on the road to interfere with us, not even a chicken. I think it is a good thing for the sport of automobiling that Germany won, though naturally I was sorry it was not I who won. With the cup going to Germany, it is certain there will be a contest there next year. Had France won the contest would have been improbable. If England won, it might have been possible, but not certain. The race here was good enough for anybody to ride in.

"I noticed when traveling in the Paris-Berlin race that the people flocked on the roads the same as in France, but I believe if Germany holds the race the kaiser might use soldiers to guard the route and thus afford protection to the automobilists and the spectators.

"With regard to the race in Ireland, there was no hitch. I enjoyed the contest and wouldn't have stopped but for a dangerous axle which provided a risk too great to take."