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[ST: "Buchan" Waldorf Astors race horse]

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Cliveden Taplow

My dear John,

Yes I am so glad that your godson has proved himself worthy of his name and has justified in public the reputation he had at home.

I will certainly

send you a photo - am having him done - By the way cant you write to the Times (or Sporting Times) and explain to the racing multitude that you dont pronounce your name Beukan! Yrs Waldorf

Cliveden, Taplow

June 11th 1919

Dear John,

Ever so many thanks. I do wish your namesake had just pulled it off - Luck was against us.

Just back from the battlefields. Can't you preserve Ypres as a memorial

for the Brit Empire & not allows les braves Belges to convert it into a town of estaminets & picture postcard sellers for the enrichment of our allies?

Yours

Waldorf Astor