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What he did was ship Silver Charm to Pimlico for the Preakness and cross his fingers. Because of its shorter distance and tighter turns, the Preakness is the race he thought Silver Charm might not win. Indeed, bettors made him the third choice, behind Captain Bodgit and Free House. In the home stretch, Baffert thought, Free House would hold off Silver Charm. But along came Captain Bodgit, and Silver Charm responded to this new threat, catching Free House at the wire by the bob of his nose. "Free House is a buddy of his from California," Baffert says. "Captain Bodgit...
Self, son of a Pimlico barkeep, is always a step behind his Yank associates. He doesn't have their slippery finish; he doesn't live on the sharp end, which means always flying first class and riding in stretch limos known as Autocrats. Slick's library consists of about 13 titles: Home Tax Guide, Treasure Island, The Usurers, Timon of Athens, Consortium, Our Mutual Friend, Buy Buy Buy, Silas Marner, Success!, The Pardoner's Tale, Confessions of a Bailiff, The Diamond as Big as the Ritz and The Amethyst Inheritance. When a woman refuses him until he has read Animal...
...just appeared to enthusiastic reviews in London. Clearly the man can write like the wind. His admiration of Scott shows not only in his respect for a suspenseful plot but in his industry. A more direct debt is to Iris Murdoch. He dedicated his first novel, The Sweets of Pimlico, about the slow corruption of a young woman who put her faith in facts, to Murdoch, and both writers share a fascination with the victims of Eros, the fools of love...
...business began on a kitchen table in the basement flat of Laura and Bernard Ashley in London's Pimlico district. Starting in 1953, the couple printed designs on fabrics and made some of the material into towels and napkins that were sold in London shops. Their first runaway bestseller was a set of tea towels that was a copy of 19th century designs...
...result of their business success, the couple from the basement flat in Pimlico has won a British export award and been invited for a visit on the royal yacht Britannia. The Ashleys now live much of the year in a 17-bedroom, 18th century chateau in northern France. At a small airfield near by, Bernard keeps a Beechcraft King Air plane, which he uses to fly off to business meetings. And while fashion trends come and go, Laura Ashley in tends to continue selling ruffles and romance. Says she: "What the eye sees is important. High tech is too hard...