Word: lambton
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...LAMBTON (A.) The Splendid Sinner. Presentation Copy in Dust Wrapper...
...Honorable George Lambton, fifth son of the Earl of Durham and trainer of the Earl of Derby's horses, was "frightfully annoyed" last week. He summoned the Press to explain his annoyance. One of the Honorable George's charges, a horse by the name of Caerleon, had just won the Eclipse Stakes. That in itself was all right. But Caerleon has raced frequently this summer-in the Jubilee Stakes and during Ascot week-and not only failed to place but showed such bad form that he went to the post for the Eclipse Stakes quoted...
Because the Stewards had for some reason neglected to do so, Trainer Lambton gave his explanation himself last week. Horse Caerleon had been coughing (one of those summer colds that hang on & on). A good gallop was what he needed to sweat it out. "But," said the Hon. George, shaking his head sadly, "the horse is stubborn and sulky. A race does him more good than any number of home gallops...
...pity," concluded Trainer Lambton, "that more inquiries are not held. They warn crooks, and that...
...Master Lambton is "The Red Boy," a quaint and pensive child in red velvet seated on a rock overlooking a? landscape of transparent gloom. Master Lambton was the eldest son of the first Earl of Durham; he died in 1831 at the age of 14. His father paid Sir Thomas Lawrence a little more than $3,000 for his portrait...