At the Sign of the Stock Yard Inn: The Same Being a True Account of How Certain Great Achievements of the Past Have Been Commemorated and Cleverly ... by the Portraits at the Saddle and Sirl - Softcover

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Excerpt from At the Sign of the Stock Yard Inn: The Same Being a True Account of How Certain Great Achievements of the Past Have Been Commemorated and Cleverly Linked With the Present; Together With Sundry Recollections Inspired by the Portraits at the Saddle and Sirloin Club

Thousands hurry by it day by day, yet know it not. Many enjoy its creature comforts, but few there be who catch its real significance. The vast majority of those who pass its portals know merely this: it serves as a convenient rendezvous for all those whose interests center within the busiest square mile of territory in all this world; a place where men contest fiercely and continuously for the prizes of successful competition; where power meets power and the race is only to the strong.

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