1933 PUZZLE RECORD 78 BACK YOUR FANCY GAME EX
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A REALLY EXCELLENT COPY OF THIS AMAZING MEGA RARE SIX TRACK "PUZZLE" 78
"BACK YOUR FANCY" RACE HORSE GAME
SIX RUNNERS ON SIX DIFFERENT CONCENTRIC TRACKS ON ONE SIDE OF THE RECORD
1. PRETTY POLLY
2. BATTLESHIP
3. MAID OF THE MOUNTAINS
4. CAPTAIN CUTTLE
5. DIAMOND JUBILEE
6. TISHY
THIS DATES FROM 1933 AND IS ON THE NEWLY MERGED REGAL ZONOPHONE LABEL
THE REVERSE SIDE FEATURES THE WILDLY ECCENTRIC SELF STYLED RAS PRINCE MONOLULU TALKING ABOUT HORSE RACING.....
Ras Prince Monolulu's catchphrase was 'I gotta horse' and he made his money selling tips, handed over in sealed envelopes.
Alan Grundy said: "He obviously knew a lot of people in the racing fraternity, but what his actual record was of winners to losers I don't expect is written down anywhere.
"When there were photographs on Derby day, invariably there would have been one of him in the crowds with his jackets and ostrich feathers in his hair, so he was very prominent in those days."
Along with postcards from Monolulu and signed race cards, the National Horseracing Museum has a copy of his autobiography, as told to Sydney H. White.
In the introduction, the book acknowledges that Monolulu regularly contradicted himself when telling stories about his past, but some facts about his life seem to be consistent.
Peter Carl Mackay (1881-1965), rather than being a chief of the Falasha tribe of Abyssinia (modern day Ethiopia), came from the Caribbean.
At the 1920 Derby he tipped outsider Spion Kop to win, earning a big payout from his own bet, and also gifts from punters who'd followed his advice.
The National Horseracing Museum has a battered copy of the autobiographyJournalist Tony Morris, who has been writing about racing for nearly 50 years, met Monolulu as a child, being bold enough to ask for an autograph.
"The famous story about Monolulu is that in 1958 he was very caught up in the deeds to Ballymoss who had won just about everything there was to win in Europe," said Tony.
"He went to America for the Washington International and apparently lost every penny he had backing Ballymoss who could only finish third.
"But, as always he bounced back."
Disc details
UK REGAL ZONOPHONE MR 812 1933 10" 78rpm SHELLAC
MEGA RARE..... AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION
ONE ONLY SO
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