GIVING UP SPORT.
THE EARL OF LONSDALE. THE NEED FOR ECONOMY. CLOSING FAMOUS CASTLE. United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyngtn. LONDON, Dec. 18. The Earl of Lonsdale, one of Britain’s most famous racing peers, is giving up the sport, and is also closing down his famous ancestral home, Lowther Castle, owing to lack of money. “ It costs £15,000 a year to run the castle, and I cannot continue to do it on my present income," said Lord Lonsdale. " For similar reasons I am giving up racing.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19763, 19 December 1935, Page 9
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86GIVING UP SPORT. Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19763, 19 December 1935, Page 9
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