Horse show guests are bowled over by tradition

THE elegant John Steed from the television series The Avengers would have felt at home on the manicured lawns of the Royal Dublin Society yesterday.

And so too for that matter would Sir Winston Churchill, dapper city business gents in London, plus Charlie Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy from the big screens.

Even those sons of Ulster who march on The Twelfth would have been content - sartorially at least - on the opening day of the 131st Dublin Horse Show.