The viceregal houseparty which included many wellknown ladies was chaperoned by Their Excellencies to the most favourable positions on the grandstand while the picturesque foreign delegation known as the Friends of the Emerald Isle was accommodated on a tribune directly opposite.
Erregeordearen gonbidatuak, zeinen artean baitzeuden dama ezagun asko, Beren Gorentasun senar-emazteak agertokiko lekurik hautenetara lagundu zituzten, eta Esmeralda Uhartearen Adiskideen atzerriko ordezkaritza pitoreskoari leku egin zieten haien aurrez aurreko tribuna batean.