https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/54695641Worth a read and listen to one of the most coourful characters to frequent a racecourse.
I remember seeing him at Epsom when I went there with my dad, being only young he frightened the life out of me.
In later years, I saw him as a shuffling wreck, very down at heel, carrying his famous stick with feathers on, not long after I think he died.
Another regular at the races in those times was a character who had large playing cards (all the Aces) arranged on the ground around him, he wore a black suit and wore a bowler hat. He would gather a crowd in the car park or on the Downs and proceed to give his spiel.