At Burgh-by-Sands in England, the runaways managed to convince some seamen to help them reach Scotland . They set off across the Solway Firth , with Jean’s father still in pursuit. But when his boat overturned in a storm, drowning one man, Scott abandoned the chase. Jean and John ...
M. Simond, writing about his visit to England in 1810, might well have been writing of the Four-Horse club when he said, “I have just seen the originals of which Matthews gave us a faithful copy a few days ago in Hit or Miss—the very barouche club; the gentlemen-coachmen, with ha...
they give the projected order of finish without indicating which races are expected to be hotly contested and which will be runaways. Some don't even bother to predict the order of finish, but settle instead for the division winners
NIKKI SIXX:I'd been on tour, and I flew home, picked up Slash, and we went to The Cathouse and asked around about getting some smack. You always shoot yourself up-you never let anyone else shoot you up-but I was so drunk I said to the drug dealer, "Go ahead and fix me." I ...