It was the ]ato Sir George Warrender ■who once remarked that ''it was easier for a camel to pass through the ey© of a neecllc than for a non-member to penetrate the sacred portals of the Royal Yacbt Squadron headquarters."' Some years ago a Y/ealthy American discovered this to his cost. He sought to enter the sacred lawn, when he "was stopped bv six feet of uniform. "But lam Mr ——, and I belong to the United States," came the reply. ''Sorry, air, but if the United States belonged to you you could not come in here without a member's introduction."
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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16946, 22 September 1920, Page 8
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