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Short Stories

37 D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930)

Photograph of DH Lawrence

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  1. Literally “cold blood”; self-possession, imperturbability.
  2. Colloquial term for face.
  3. Sansovino won the Prince of Wales' Stakes at Ascot in 1924 two weeks after winning the Derby at Epsom Downs.
  4. Servant of a cavalry officer.
  5. Lincoln Handicap, run at Lincoln Racecourse in Lincolnshire. The racecourse closed in 1965.
  6. Both Daffodil and Mirz were racehorses; the former ran unsuccessfully in six races 1924-25. Mirza won three races in 1919.
  7. Nat Gould (1857-1919). Anglo-Australian horse-racing journalist , tipster and prolific writer, specializing in sporting novels.
  8. Largest of the capital’s eight Royal Parks.
  9. The last leg of the five British Classic horse races, run every September at Doncaster.
  10. A steeplechase race held at Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool.
  11. The richest and most prestigious of the five Classics, held at Epsom Downs, Surrey.

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