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The story of the inspired syndicate of gamblers who became known as the Druid's Lodge Confederates.
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The Druid's Lodge Confederates were a syndicate of five inspired gamblers - a stud owner, a Royal vet, a Master of Foxhounds and two City financiers - who decided that racing could, and would, pay handsomely.
In total secrecy, from isolated, purpose-built stables near Stonehenge, the 'Hermits of Salisbury Plain' prepared a string of horses to secure some of the most fabulous betting coups ever landed on the Turf.Biographie de l'auteur
Paul Mathieu became hooked on racing in his teens. He has visited every racecourse in Britain, many in Ireland and France, and others from Mauritius to Peru, leaving his money behind at most of them. He was one of the early-morning team who supplied the commentary for Wogan's Winner on Radio Two. For many years he was a point-to-point correspondent for The Sporting Life. His other racing book is The Masters of Manton.
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The Druid's Lodge Confederacy
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J.A.Allen & Co Ltd, 1990
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The Druid's Lodge Confederacy: The Gamblers Who Made Racing Pay
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The Druid's Lodge Confederacy: The Gamblers Who Made Racing Pay
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J.A.Allen & Co Ltd, 1990
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The Druid's Lodge Confederacy: The Gamblers who Made Racing Pay
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J.A.Allen, 1990
ISBN 10 : 0851315259
ISBN 13 : 9780851315256
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Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Hardcover, xvi + 181 pages, b&w photos and illustrations in text, NOT ex-library. External age-spotting on upper page edges, otherwise very good. Interior is clean and bright throughout with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. In a gently creased, good+ dust jacket. -- The struggle between bookmaker and punter is an unending, entertaining part of the British racing scene. It almost always goes the bookmakers' way. Among the very, very few gamblers to make racing pay, the five Confederates of Druid's Lodge stand supreme. From a closely-guarded private training yard near Stonehenge, they sent out a stream of heavily-backed winners to land fabulous betting coups. Security was obsessive; a strict curfew was imposed on the stable lads. Even the trainer was a virtual prisoner. From the morning when the Confederates' first string was walked across Salisbury Plain, to the Epsom afternoon when a million-pound bet was landed in the sensational Suffragette's Derby, here is the story of the English Turf's greatest gamblers. -- It was the punter's Golden Age: a time when a bookmaker would lay a huge wager without blinking; when there was no betting tax; and when telegram bets could be timed to arrive long after the event. Enter a five-strong 'league of gentlemen' - a Royal vet, two City financiers, a stud owner, and the Master of the Quorn. Together they installed a brilliant young Irish trainer in Druid's Lodge, an isolated, purpose-built stable on Salisbury Plain. There, on the wonderful downland gallops, the syndicate - the Confederacy - patiently prepared their string of horses to land a series of massive gambles in big handicaps. The Cambridgeshire alone fell to Druid's Lodge four times in seven years. Druid's Lodge was a byword for secrecy. The stable lads were all locked up in their quarters each night. Any snooping tout was sent on his way with a thrashing. Here, for the first time, is the Confederates' story: how Percy Cunliffe, Wilfred Purefoy, Frank Forester, Edward Wigan and Holmer Peard had every bookmaker in England - and a good few overseas - running for cover. N° de réf. du vendeur 006059
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The Druid's Lodge Confederacy
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ISBN 13 : 9780851315256
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ISBN 13 : 9780851315256
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Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. No Jacket. J.A.Allen, London, 1990. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket. First Edition. Signed by Author on title page. Here for the first time is the Confederates' story, how Percy Cunliffe, William Purefoy, Frank Forester, Edward Wigan and Holmer Peard had every bookmaker and a good few ones overseas , running for cover. Book is unused, no inscriptions or other markings. Unread. Signed by Author on title page. N° de réf. du vendeur 203855
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