Captain Cuttle of the Godolphin Arabian sire line. Apart from Captain Cuttle, Hurry On sired the winners of seven Classics including the Derby winners Coronach and Call Boy. His most influential son was the Ascot Gold Cup winner Precipitation, who sired four classic winners. Captain Cuttle was named after the character in Dickens' novel "Dombey and Son". Like his sire, Captain Cuttle was trained throughout his career by Fred Darling at Beckhampton in Wiltshire, and was ridden in his most important races by the leading British jockey of the era Steve Donoghue. The colt was particularly devoted to his trainer, following him
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (novel) artist is Ludo, who uses his observations of Mrs. Palfrey to write his novel. Amis describes Taylor's presentation of his Ludo's motives as "scrupulously balanced" between affection, boredom, and delight in finding her "such marvellous material, and also unintentionally funny." "Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont" was published in 1971 in hardcover by Chatto & Windus in the United Kingdom and The Viking Press in the United States. It was published in paperback by Virago Press in 1982 as part of the Virago Modern Classics series, with an introduction by Paul Bailey. In May 2016 Virago reissued the novel on the