A fine February drizzle was drifting across the course as the numbers went up for the 1952 Royal Cup. Disappointing, because the day had begun fine and this might spoil visibility, blurring one’s race-glasses and even veiling the far side of the course.Still, the business of the moment was in the paddock, and to this were trooping now the hundreds of members and their friends for whom the Shankesb...
Henry Wade - The Dying Fall
The Dying Fall
Henry Wade
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A fine February drizzle was drifting across the course as the numbers went up for the 1952 Royal Cup. Disappointing, because the day had begun fine and this might spoil visibility, blurring one’s race-glasses and even veiling the far side of the course.Still, the business of the moment was in the paddock, and to this were trooping now the hundreds of members and their friends for whom the Shankesbury ‘Royal’ was surpassed in importance and popularity only by the Grand National and the Cheltenham Gold Cup.