Saturday, April 13, 2013

Lord Bonkers' Diary: Buttercup pulls it off

Friday

This trouble about people passing off horsemeat as beef has put me in mind of one of my more successful seasons on the turf. A filly by the name of Buttercup won me several races, even though there were raised eyebrows at Uttoxeter and Plumpton when she won by a distance. There was even talk of my being “warned off” – at least I think that is what they said.

Lord Bonkers was Liberal MP for Rutland South-West 1906-10.

Earlier this week in Lord Bonkers' Diary...

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