THE VETERAN JOHN CORLETT 



feelings of certain members of his staff who came to 

 the idea that they might have been given the oppor- 

 tunity of acquiring it. There was only one course, and 

 that to start a new venture, and in this scheme they 

 were fortunate enough, through the good offices of 

 Harry Preston of Brighton, to know that five thousand 

 pounds was theirs towards the exploitation, this put 

 up by Mr Kennedy Jones. It was great luck, and the 

 paper has gone ahead on sheer ability. It was no light 

 thing to butt in and bring out yet another twopenny 

 paper. Apparently they have succeeded. 



Mr Corlett, apart from running a very bright paper 

 for many years, has ever been a sound racing authority, 

 and an owner for years and years. He never seemed 

 to get a real good horse, nevertheless won races. His 

 staff could chaff him with impunity ; in fact, it made 

 good copy for the Pink ^JJn. If I might criticise, 

 however, we used to hear a little too much about the 

 individual members of the staff, but against this there 

 was usually a good story on the peg which was taken. 

 On one occasion I had to have a little tilt against Mr 

 Corlett through our lawyers over a perhaps unconscious 

 libel, but it was all settled satisfactorily, and the 

 Pink ^Un apologised, and there was no bad feeling of 

 any kind afterwards. John Corlett has been always 

 sure of a listener, an excellent after-dinner speaker — 

 of the Victorian type. 



There have been more recent comers. One is 

 Captain Browne, of the News of the World, who does 

 a bit of horse-dealing. He can be usually seen with 

 Allison of the Sportsman. Then there is the new 

 writer on the Morning Post, " Watchman," who 

 seems to get plenty of news, to judge by the way he is 

 quoted : an efficient journalist he. Richardson, courtly 

 gentleman, a hard rider to hounds and a good fellow, 



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