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meeting with some success with a horse named Cock of 

 the Rock, a highly bred gelding he bought from Mr 

 W. Hall Walker. Before this book is a year old Frank 

 may have acquired a big string, and, who can tell, 

 may some day win a classic race. He is very keen 

 on racing, and never lacks courage to back what he has 

 an idea of. There was a fine win for him over Sunstar, 

 and there would have been another one if Craganour 

 had not been disqualified for the Derby of 1913 — in- 

 cidentally, the most desperate mistake ever made, more 

 especially, of course, over a race like the Derby. Frank 

 Curzon has limited his theatrical responsibilities to 

 the Prince of Wales and Wyndham's Theatre and 

 is, I should say, much happier in consequence. Of 

 course there are good cheques constantly arriving 

 from the rights he has over many musical comedies, 

 etc., and his income is a large one. 



Frank Curzon is very fond of his Epsom parties, and 

 also those at Ascot ; I have enjoyed his hospitality 

 many times. There is always an undercurrent of 

 cheerfulness and chaff going down or coming back 

 in his car, especially if either of our mutual friends, 

 Gerald du Maurier, Laurence Grossmith or Marsh Allen 

 was also there. They got it up once for me at Epsom 

 on account of my expressed liking for the pigeon pie 

 served there ; it is the best possible, and somehow I 

 fell for it. At one meal my place was flanked round 

 by several uncut pies, and it was difficult to get the 

 end of the joke. I managed to get one in on the last 

 day of a Newmarket July Meeting. When the car 

 had left the racecourse for London we said to Frank : 

 " Where do we stop for a drink ? " " Nowhere," he 

 replied ; " this is to be a non-stop run. We all want 

 to get back to London in good time, and I've told my 

 chauffeur to go ahead." " But," I argued, " surely 



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