CHAPTER XLV 



IN THE CLUB ENCLOSURE 



-'Mr Once-a-Week " — Frank Curzon — Pigeon Pie at Epsom — Our 

 Non-Stop Run — Racecourse Catering — Happy Days — At Souths 

 port 



Many who read the Express when I was " The Scout " 

 remember that I named a man I knew " Mr Once-a- 

 Week." This was Jim Bradbury, known to all as an 

 intermittent owner — of Emerald Ring and others — 

 good fellow, member of the Badminton Club and 

 careful investor. He never betted on handicaps, and 

 confined himself to one good wager a week. It may 

 have been over a two-year-old race, or a cup, or what 

 not, but he couldn't be drawn to have a bet on even the 

 Cesarewitch or Cambridgeshire. He has frequently 

 come up to me asking the best of the day, or whether 

 there was really anything to touch. From cussedness 

 I would mention my fancy for the big handicap of the 

 day, and he would say : " My dear fellow, I don't bet 

 on handicaps. I thought you knew that." Of course 

 I did. 



The one good bet a week, however, is not at all a 

 bad idea, and has worked well. In a side show — a 

 small paper — I ran for some time there used to appear 

 every Monday a " best thing of the week," and so 

 many times it came off that " Mr Once-a- Week's " 

 views received much endorsement. The mystery as 

 to the identity of the frequently alluded-to punter is 

 now disclosed. 



At the moment of writing, Mr Frank Curzon is 

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