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What would they have thought…………….?

Le3 to right in picture:
DS Medcalf; Jno Bryant(with boater); then either JA Johnson or WE Maverly we don’t know
which is which; LamarLne Yeoman; and younger brother Kossuth Yeoman seated at the front.

It just seemed appropriate that we should remember these pioneers today, as we (sort
of) celebrate our 150th year anniversary. Hopefully they would be proud to know that the
Club continues to prosper from their imaginative idea to form a Club all those years ago.
Also that we have stayed with the uniform of white straw hat(boater) with a black &
amber ribbon. And that’s not the only rule that the current Club fulfil, since they had an
etiquette for riding with the ‘Captain’ demanding strict obedience when on the road,
controlling those who may stray by whistle command. Fortunately Pruffle doesn’t have a
whistle, but he controls the start of the Hampton Court Ride simply by raising his voice a
few decibels! We can wonder if current bearers of the soubriquets from 1870 compare
with their predecessors, such as Lt Tappleton (Kossuth Yeaoman), who was renowned for
his skill at billiards, ‘defeating many of the younger members in a benign & fatherly
manner’. One hopes that the current Tracy Tupman affords good health unlike ‘poor Jack
Bryant who’s health broke down and went abroad’.

Hopefully future members of our Club will remember us with such kind consideration.