No Helen, I think the only thing we can deduce from this incident is that Mr Hunter couldn't steer round a pig in the road.

Perhaps it's as well he didn't make the race . . . . . . .

As to my "fund of knowledge", I'd love to say that it's the result of years of dedicated research, lovingly carried out, but the truth is that I am lucky enough to have access to an archive which includes the Irish motoring and motorcycling publications of the time.

So, you see, it's easy!!

There, my secret is out . . . . . . . . !