Cubone - The Gambling Historian!

It was indeed a great shock when this morning on collecting my Racing Post (UK Sports Paper)
I could see as a leader banner, giving there readers a tale of “Great Eccentric in the Sport of Kings”

It was clearly a story of Miss Dorothy Paget the 1930/50 Women’s Icon. the first person who broke the mould. for women’s rights but in stead of flinging her self under the hooves of the Kings Racehorse in the most important horse-race in the world, THE DERBY.to promote Suffragettes beliefs.
She took the silver spoon out of her mouth and broke every one of the Religious Codes that she had been taught.

She Smoked, 100 Cigarettes a day, she Drank her self to sleep. (Brandy) Gambled large amounts of here multi million £ inheritance. on slow Motor Cars (Bentleys) and quit often slower Racehorses.had her full English Breakfast each morning at 4.30 slept until 6.0
To late to place here wagers, so she had an understanding she could place her bets 3 hours after they had run.
The opinion however that she was a shrewd Gambler is at odds of normal Bookmakers practice.

The auther David Chapman a much respected writer on all matters Gambling, was more delicate than Cubone, in his protection of her sexual idiosyncrasy. but after all he is a professional writer were I am just an old man spending a few of his dwinderling hours on the game he loves.

No doubt any comparison between my tale a few days ago under “The Fairer Sex” and Great Eccentrics, is just a pure coincident.

Cubone.