The Archive · 1933

Improvised Race Colours

Owner's Silks Inadvertently Sent to Wrong Address Sir Laurence Phillips smiled when Ihe. saw the colours that were "manufactured" to resemble his own Honey Buzzard in the International Plate at Kempton.

His, silks were inadvertently sent home from Sandown, and his trainer, to save the £1 fine, borrowed a bla jacket and chalked a broad whi sash back and front.

To complete the "ensemble," R._ Jones rolled up the sleeves—a Jattempt to achieve the "black, white sash and sleeves," which are Sir Laurence's correct colours. ay 70

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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