Admiral Rous Handicap System, Daily Racing Form, 1921-05-17

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ADMIRAL ROUS1 HANDICAP SYSTEM A good story is told of the great English sports ¬ man and handicapper Admiral Rons and a handi ¬ cap candidate in the sixties This colt the admiral handicapped for the Great Ebor Handicap at about eightyfour pounds Then he heard a whisper about him but it was his nonacceptance for the Great Ebor that put the fat in the fire What not accepted for the Great Ebor with eightyfour pounds Then he has no business in the Cesarowitch at all said the old cynic and he promptly gave the colt 112 pounds The colt ran and only lost by a neck


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