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In betting on races, there are two elements that are never lacking - hope as hope, and an incomplete recollection of the past.

E. V. Lucas

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E. V. Lucas
Age: 70 †
Born: 1868
Born: June 12
Died: 1938
Died: June 26
Journalist
Novelist
Playwright
London
England
Edward Verrall Lucas
Edward Lucas
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Recollection
Past
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Races
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