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Vintage Sunday Times Magazine April 25th 1971
Inside Racing – an examination of flat racing today, and the people who run it; by Philip Jacobson and James Fox with photographs by Colin Jones. We should like to thank Messrs W.D. and H.O. Wills Ltd for their permission to use the cigarette cards on the cover.
How to Win: rough riding – how it’s done and how to beat it; drawings by Frank Bellamy.
The Man the Bookies really Fear: a million a year turnover – the hard working life of a professional gambler; photograph by David Steen.
That’s why the Lady is a Trainer: profile of Sally Hall, the North’s first and, so far, only- woman trainer.
Nijinsky the Great: an appreciation of 1970’s undisputed champion, with a painting of Nijinsky by Roger Coleman.
Portrait of the Owner as a Syndicate: the pleasures, and the economics, of owning one twenty-fourth of a winning racehorse.
The Odds against the Satchel Man: how Vic Chandler, one of the dying breed of the on-course bookies, bas survived the Betting Tax.
The Form Book: where the real power lies -from the Jockey Club to the newspaper tipsters.
The Time Traveller: on the publication of his account of the Ra voyages, a portrait of Thor Heyerdabl, adventurer extraordinary; by Peter Gillman.
Mother and Son : Vivienne the Portrait photographer, talks to Francis Wyndham about her life, her work, and about Anthony Beauchamp, her photographer son
56 pages. This issue is very good throughout for age
