Sport: Horses

At Epsom Downs. So excited he could barely talk, a big brown man with a grey top hat and a plutocratic paunch jumped up & down in his box, rushed to the turf, squealing "Well done, Freddie! Thank you, thank you, Freddie!" An attendant whispered something into his ear which caused the brown man to recover his dignity, waddle quickly off to the box where King George, Queen Mary, Edward of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of York and the rest of the royal family were sitting. There he shook hands with His...

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