a something of a needle match to mere; at Hazel with the way the C
last week’s reminiscences
who for many years was known
as the “Wizard of Hednesford.”
Tom is an old friend of mine with
whom I have swapped many yarns of the racecourse.
most of his stories were far more colourful than mine.
he might have been anything but a trainer of horses.
He started life as a butcher’s boy, then became
a bookmaker’s clerk-cum-bookmaker, and provision merchant
owing to the lack of. Such opportunities now
boys aged 16 and over who have had nautical
and have qualified in signalling, rope work, etc.,
Almost from the start of
At Hazel with the way the C
ending particulars of
but I seem to remember him tell
ideas about as drawn big jumps if they were natural
New which I should like to see in operation
Far be it from me
The result was electrifying I’m thinking
mainly of a monopoly of the “indecisive” decisions in the head
of the table when (even with cold water).
“You wait and see. my lad.”
If no real solution can square up we
touch it for putting a stop to after all be found,
A something of a needle match, to mere
wet face, a film of chase, and a few days before
be soothed. persistent holding, while at Liverlosing
an object lesson fall into line again
for, as I have said
Planners will find some means
a long way up the fistic ladder.
be a getting over this obstinacy Of course,
turns out the poisons which prevent This Many
years ago the Hazel their “bawbees” at the gate
aways [u]nbearable and sleep impossible.
lost their third Reading be soothed.
that a small tin of downfall should do this.
Maybe they will come up again on AI *
But I would like to see
in an endeavour slightly
day’s surprises gaining
four down instead of used to have weight
Third a long lay-off must
post their claim; enclosing a copy.
a (mostly consecutive, with a couple of reorderings) selection, from
OCR cross-column (and other) confusions, involving (among other content on that page) “Butcher’s Boy Who Became A Trainer,” (“Racing With the Lid Off”) by Larry Lynx; “Whispers from All Corners,” by Tee Em; “The Battle of the ‘P’s’” by Ringsider; “Blackpool Come Back with a Rush” by Long Acre; several advertisements; and sundry race results
at The People (Sunday, November 14, 1943) : 7
via archive.org : link
* sic !
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The People was a British tabloid Sunday newspaper, now known as Sunday People
wikipedia : link
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