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Wings of Eagles, a 40-1 long shot, won the Epsom Derby in England, coming from behind to beat the favorites, Cliffs of Moher and Cracksman, in the final furlong.

Variety The Master Cracksman is a 1914 American drama film featuring Harry Carey.

The story had been filmed previously as Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1917) with John Barrymore as Raffles, and again as Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1925) by Universal Studios. A 1939 film version, also produced by Goldwyn, stars David Niven in the title role.

On 16 November 2017 at the Cartier Racing Awards, Cracksman was named Champion Three-year-old colt. In the 2017 World's Best Racehorse Rankings, Cracksman was rated at 130 to be the third-best horse in the world, the best horse in Europe and the best three-year-old. In the 2018 World's Best Racehorse Rankings, Cracksman shared the title of the best horse in the world with Australia's Winx, with the rating 130.

Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman is a 1917 American silent film starring John Barrymore and Evelyn Brent. The movie also co-stars Frank Morgan and Mike Donlin, and was directed by George Irving.Progressive Silent Film List: Raffles the Amateur Cracksman at silentera.com The film has been released on DVD.

The Heart of a Cracksman is a 1913 silent film short directed by Wallace Reid and Willis Roberts and starring Reid and Cleo Madison. It was produced by Powers Pictures and distributed by Universal Film Manufacturing Company.The Heart of a Cracksman at silentera.comPictorial History of the Silent Screen, p.

Oppenheimer owns Golden Horn, who won the 2015 Epsom Derby and Cracksman who won the 2017 Champion Stakes.

After her retirement from racing she had some success as a broodmare and i the female-line ancestor of Cracksman.

Hornung, E. W. "The Gift of the Emperor", The Amateur Cracksman. 706. He eventually writes about his adventures with Raffles.

"The Master Cracksman", Motography, p. 431 As of December 2016, the U.S. Library of Congress has listed the film as lost.

In London, a cracksman helps people in a firm help him with a robbery. Four men people are trapped after a robbery.

After retiring from racing, Cracksman was placed on the stallion roster at Darley Stud. His initial service fee was listed at £20,000.

Raffles is charismatic and has "the subtle power of making himself irresistible at will", as stated by Bunny.Hornung, E. W. "The Ides of March", The Amateur Cracksman. 706. Raffles is cynical about society, and is aware that his social position depends upon his status as a cricketer.Hornung, E. W. "To Catch a Thief", Raffles: Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman (also titled The Black Mask). 707.

The Cracksman 20 Mk I (see photo above) was the early version of the Cracksman 20 sailing catamaran. Unlike its successor, the early Cracksman's interior was open and empty, allowing easy storage of equipment. A partial length trunk cabin, extended with the use of a canopy, allows the interior space some shelter from the elements, and also helps to increase the size of the 'cabin' from a fairly minimal one to one of a decent size. Whilst both models of the Cracksman 20 are rigged in the form of a sloop, the early version opted for a fractional rig as opposed to the more powerful masthead rig.

The Master Cracksman, Variety, p. 21 (review) The film was reissued in 1915 as The Martin Mystery and in 1920 as The Square Shooter.(Wlaschin, Ken.

F. C. Yohn (1901) At the start of the series, Raffles has piercing steel blue eyes, curly black hair, pale skin, an athletic build, a strong, unscrupulous mouth, and is clean- shaven.Hornung, The Amateur Cracksman, chapter "Nine Points of the Law", p. 160.Hornung, The Amateur Cracksman, chapter "The Ides of March", p. 11. Raffles once had a heavy moustache, but apparently shaved it after his first burglary.

Cracksman is a bay colt bred in England by his owner Anthony Oppenheimer's Hascombe and Valiant Studs. He was sent into training with John Gosden at Newmarket, Suffolk. Cracksman is from the first crop of foals sired by Frankel. His dam Rhadegunda showed good form on the track winning three races including the Listed Prix Solitude, and has had some success as a broodmare, producing the Solario Stakes winner Fantastic Moon.

The Cracksman is a 1963 British comedy film directed by Peter Graham Scott.The New York TimesVarietyPersonal letter from Delia Derbyshire to Associated British Picture Corporation, dated 25 April 1963.

On 10 September Cracksman was sent to France for the Prix Niel (a recognised trial race for the Arc de Triomphe) over 2400 metres in which he faced four opponents including Finche (Prix Eugène Adam) and Ice Breeze (Prix Hocquart). Starting the odds-on favourite he took the lead in the straight and drew away to win "comfortably" by three and a half lengths from Avilius. Oppenheimer opted not to run his colt in the Arc citing the unsuitability of the Chantilly track and his desire to save Cracksman for a four-year-old campaign. On 21 October Cracksman was brought back in distance and was matched against older horses for the first time in the Champion Stakes over ten furlongs at Ascot Racecourse.

Raffles (played by House Peters) is an English gentleman with a secret life--he is the notorious jewel thief known as "The Amateur Cracksman." While sailing from India to England accompanied by his friend, Bunny Manners (played by Freeman Wood), it is rumored that the infamous cracksman is aboard ship. Raffles warns a lady passenger to keep an eye on her necklace, which is stolen soon afterward. Although a search reveals no evidence, the necklace is returned upon reaching London.

The story was adapted into the pilot of the Raffles television series, with Anthony Valentine as A. J. Raffles and Christopher Strauli as Bunny Manders. The episode, titled "The Amateur Cracksman", first aired on 10 September 1975.

John Barrymore portrayed Raffles in the film Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1917). Ronald Colman played the part thirteen years later in Raffles. The main character is parodied in The Simpsons episode "Homer the Vigilante" as cat burglar Molloy.

The story was adapted into the pilot episode of the Raffles television series, with Anthony Valentine as A. J. Raffles and Christopher Strauli as Bunny Manders. The episode, titled "The Amateur Cracksman", first aired on 10 September 1975.

Her film appearances included The Cracksman (1963), Two Left Feet (1963) and two horror anthologies: The House That Dripped Blood (1971) and From Beyond the Grave (1974). She also appeared in Hilary and Jackie (1998), as the ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn.

The story was adapted as the seventh episode of the Raffles television series, with Anthony Valentine as A. J. Raffles and Christopher Strauli as Bunny Manders. The episode, titled "A Trap to Catch a Cracksman", first aired on 8 April 1977.

Starting at odds of 16/1 he turned into the straight in eighth place and stayed on in the last quarter mile to finish sixth behind Wings of Eagles, Cliffs of Moher, Cracksman, Eminent and Benbatl beaten less than four lengths by the winner. On 1 July at the Curragh Capri, ridden by Heffernan, started at odds of 6/1 in a nine-runner field for the Iriah Derby. Wings of Eagles started favourite, while the other runners included Cracksman, Waldgeist and Douglas Macarthur. He raced in second place behind the pacemaker The Anvil before going to the front two furlongs out.

Lester's last films were released in 1925. They are The Meddler, Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman, and The Price of Pleasure. She attained initial success in emotional roles. She began to develop her grand dame line of characters when her hair turned white prematurely.

Cooper had roles in many films including: Violent Playground (1958), Hell Is a City (1960), The Cracksman (1963), Nightmare (1964), Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) with Christopher Lee and the film version of Bless This House (1972) with Sid James.

In 1914, he entered motion pictures, at that time still in their infancy. His first film, shot in London, was titled Dandy Donovan, the Gentleman Cracksman. This led to a contract with Famous Players-Lasky. His first US film, in 1915, was The Fighting Hope.

After being restrained in the early stages he made good progress in the straight but failed by a neck to overhaul the front-running Capri with the Derby winner a short head away in third. At York on 23 August Cracksman was made 4/6 favourite for the Group 2 Great Voltigeur Stakes. The "Voltigeur" is traditionally regarded as a trial race for the St Leger, but Cracksman had never been entered for the Doncaster classic. With Dettori in the saddle he went to the front early in the straight and steadily increased his advantage to come home six lengths clear of the Chester Vase winner Venice Beach.

An actor, Mifflin is a friend of Jimmy Pitt, with whom he was at school and Cambridge University. At the start of A Gentleman of Leisure, Mifflin is starring in a Raffles-like play, Love, the Cracksman, in New York. He also appears in the short story "Deep Waters".

Greyfriars turns out to be highly popular as a base for disguised burglars. The “Courtfield Cracksman” (Magnets Nos. 1138 to 1151) conceals himself by finding employment on the Greyfriars staff in 1930; as does “Jimmy the One” (Magnets Nos.1247 to 1255) in 1931, and “Slim Jim” (Magnets Nos.

Holmes goes to the office. Illustration by Sidney Paget. From the newspaper, they learn that Mawson & Williams have suffered an attempted robbery, but that the criminal had been captured, although the weekend watchman has been murdered. Beddington, the forger and cracksman, was the miscreant, masquerading as Pycroft, and his brother was masquerading as Pinner.

A perennial favorite among filmmakers since 1904, Raffles is based on the popular short story "The Amatuer Cracksman" (1899) by E.W. Hornung and filmed by director King Baggot in 1925, and Harry D'Arrast and George Fitzmaurice in 1930). Wood made the film while loaned out to Sam Goldwyn for this production.Thomas, 1974 p. 152, p.

The earliest photos of prisoners taken for use by law enforcement may have been taken in Belgium in 1843 and 1844. In the United Kingdom, police in London were photographing criminals by 1846.“A Cracksman,” The Will O’the Wisp, 1 (2) Saturday 11 July 1846, p.3 In Liverpool and Birmingham they were doing so by 1848.

Buick took the ride when Crystal Ocean was made second favourite for the Champion Stakes at Ascot on 20 October. He proved no match for the winner Cracksman but kept on well to take second place in the eight-runner field. In the 2018 World's Best Racehorse Rankings Crystal Ocean was placed eighth, with a rating of 125.

On his return to Europe Hawkbill ran poorly when finishing a distant fifth behind Cracksman in the Coronation Cup on 1 June but produced a slightly better effort at Royal Ascot later that month when he ran third to Poet's Word and Cracksman in the Prince of Wales's Stakes. In July the horse returned to Sandown as he attempted to repeat his 2016 success in the Eclipse Stakes. He led for most of the way but was overtaken approaching the final furlong and came home fourth behind Roaring Lion, Saxon Warrior and Cliffs of Moher, four lengths behind the winner. After a break of over two months Hawkbill was sent to Canada for a second time but ran poorly when unplaced behind Johnny Bear in the Northern Dancer Turf Stakes on 15 September.

Uncorroborated club lore has it that W. G. Grace, Colin Blythe, and K. S. Ranjitsinhji also played at Walker (Livingston) Park. Early movie scenes of the S I Cricket Club can be seen in the famous silent film Raffles the Amateur Cracksman (1917) with famous actor John Barrymore. Barrymore lived on Staten Island as a child. The film is also on youtube.

On his racecourse debut, Cracksman started at odds of 9/2 in a ten-runner maiden race over one mile at Newmarket Racecourse on 19 October. Ridden by Robert Havlin he raced towards the rear of the ten-runner field before taking the lead inside the final furlong and winning by one and a quarter lengths from the Godolphin runner Wild Tempest.

The novel was poorly received, and no further stories were published. Hornung dedicated the first collection of stories, The Amateur Cracksman, to his brother-in-law, Arthur Conan Doyle, intending Raffles as a "form of flattery." In contrast to Conan Doyle's Holmes and Watson, Raffles and Bunny are "something dark, morally uncertain, yet convincingly, reassuringly English." Raffles is an antihero.

Raffles is, in many ways, a deliberate inversion of Holmeshe is a "gentleman thief", living at the Albany, a prestigious address in London, playing cricket for the Gentlemen of England and supporting himself by carrying out ingenious burglaries. He is called the "Amateur Cracksman", and often, at first, differentiates between himself and the "professors"professional criminals from the lower classes.

With Willy's help, the criminals succeed in making wax impressions of the keys without detection. Clean Willy is subsequently arrested after being caught pick-pocketing and informs on Pierce. The police use Willy to lure Pierce into a trap, but the master cracksman easily eludes capture. Clean Willy escapes from his captors, but is murdered by Barlow on Pierce's orders.

"A Costume Piece" is a short story by E. W. Hornung, and features the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, and his companion and biographer, Bunny Manders. The story was first published in July 1898 by Cassell's Magazine.Rowland, page 283. The story was also included in the collection The Amateur Cracksman, published by Methuen & Co. Ltd in London, and Charles Scribner's Sons in New York, both in 1899.

"Gentlemen and Players" is a short story by E. W. Hornung, and features the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, and his companion and biographer, Bunny Manders. The story was first published in August 1898 by Cassell's Magazine.Rowland, page 283. The story was also included in the collection The Amateur Cracksman, published by Methuen & Co. Ltd in London, and Charles Scribner's Sons in New York, both in 1899.

On 21 October the colt started 9/2 second favourite for the Champion Stakes at Ascot but ran poorly and finished ninth of the ten runners, seventeen lengths behind the winner Cracksman. On 17 November it was announced that Barney Roy had been retired from racing. Hannon described him as "by far the best colt I've trained and the most athletic horse I have seen".

Hornung, E. W. "The Ides of March", The Amateur Cracksman. 706. Ten years after they were at school together, during which time Bunny inherits a considerable amount of money, the two reunite at Raffles's apartment in the Albany to play baccarat with others. Bunny loses heavily during the course of the evening. However, he has spent his inheritance and is unable to pay his gambling debts.

The boat is 20 feet (6.10m) long and has a beam of just over 8 feet (2.44m), allowing four or more adults to comfortably sail for extended periods of time. The front cabin area, on both the Mk I and Mk II versions allows the stowing of food, equipment and clothes out of the elements, facilitating longer passages where conditions may change unexpectedly. However, there are some problems with the early version of the Cracksman 20; whilst the boat did grow popular fast, this was more due to its sailing performance than the interior amenities (or lack thereof). Michael Henderson and Newbridge Boats Ltd decided to launch a successor model, the Cracksman 20 Mk II, which along with some minor structural and rigging differences, aimed to address the lack of interior amenities and improve the possibility of overnight passages and passages of a greater length.

"The Return Match" is a short story by E. W. Hornung, and features the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, and his companion and biographer, Bunny Manders. The story was first published in October 1898 by Cassell's Magazine.Rowland, page 283. The story was also included as the seventh story in the collection The Amateur Cracksman, published by Methuen & Co. Ltd in London, and Charles Scribner's Sons in New York, both in 1899.

He was strongly pressed in the closing stages but stayed on well under pressure to prevail by a neck and a short head from Cracksman and Wings of Eagles. After the race O'Brien said "I was always a great believer in this horse. Even after Epsom, Seamus wanted to come here and ride him. We know that he gets a mile and a half and we know that he's brave".

Quadrilateral is a chestnut filly bred in England by her owner Khalid Abdullah's Juddmonte Farm. She was sent into training with Roger Charlton at Beckhampton in Wiltshire. She was from the fourth crop of foals sired by Frankel, an undefeated racehorse whose other progeny have included Cracksman, Anapurna, Soul Stirring and Without Parole. Quadrilateral's dam Nimble Thimble showed modest ability on the track, winning one minor race from three starts.

After being restrained by James Doyle in fifth place he made a forward move approaching the straight, took the lead a furlong out and drew away from his rivals to win by two and a quarter lengths from Cracksman. His victory gave Stoute his 76th victory at Royal Ascot, making him the most successful trainer in the meeting's history. Stoute described the winner as "a very consistent, brave horse".

However, Raffles convinces Crawshaw that it is too dangerous to pursue his original goal with all the policemen around and helps him escape. Then, Raffles publicly confesses to being the Amateur Cracksman. When Lord Melrose shows up, Raffles reminds him of the reward he offered for the necklace's return (conveniently the same amount that Bunny owes) and produces the jewelry. Then, he outwits Mackenzie and escapes, after arranging with Gwen to meet her in Paris.

"Nine Points of the Law" is a short story by E. W. Hornung, and features the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, and his companion and biographer, Bunny Manders. The story was first published in September 1898 by Cassell's Magazine.Rowland, page 283. The story was also included as the six story in the collection The Amateur Cracksman, published by Methuen & Co. Ltd in London, and Charles Scribner's Sons in New York, both in 1899.

Anapurna is a bay filly with a small white star bred by the Hampshire-based Meon Valley Stud. Like most of the Meon Valley Stud's horses she races in the black and white colours of Helena Springfield Ltd. She was sent into training with John Gosden at Newmarket, Suffolk. She was from the third crop of foals sired by Frankel, an undefeated racehorse whose other progeny have included Cracksman, Soul Stirring and Without Parole.

One early McClure comic strip artist was Carl Thomas Anderson, who drew Herr Spiegelberger, the Amateur Cracksman beginning in 1903. In 1916, McClure purchased the Wheeler Syndicate from John Neville Wheeler. Another early comic strip artist with McClure was Percy Crosby. Commissioned a second lieutenant in the Officer Reserve Corps in 1916 and being called to active service the following year, Crosby was in training at a camp in Plattsburgh, New York.

Sanders was top billed in Cairo (1963) then appeared in The Cracksman (1963), Dark Purpose (1964), and The Golden Head (1964). Peter Sellers and Sanders appeared together in the Pink Panther sequel A Shot in the Dark (1964). Sanders had earlier inspired Sellers's character Hercules Grytpype-Thynne in the BBC radio comedy series The Goon Show (1951–60). Sanders guest starred in The Rogues, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, and Daniel Boone.

It ends when they are caught and exposed on an ocean voyage while attempting another theft; Raffles dives overboard and is presumed drowned. These stories were collected in The Amateur Cracksman. Other stories set in this period, written after Raffles had been "killed off", were collected in A Thief in the Night. The second phase begins some time later when Bunnyhaving served a prison sentenceis summoned to the house of a rich invalid.

Two further short story collections and a novel followed, as did a play, Raffles, The Amateur Cracksman, first shown at the Princess Theatre, New York in 1903. It is for the character of Raffles that Hornung is best remembered. In 1893 Hornung married Constance Doyle (1868–1924), the sister of Arthur Conan Doyle and in 1895 their son, Arthur Oscar, was born. Oscar was killed at the Second Battle of Ypres in July 1915.

"The Gift of the Emperor" is a short story by E. W. Hornung, and features the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, and his companion and biographer, Bunny Manders. The story was first published in October 1898 by Cassell's Magazine.Rowland, page 283. The story was also included as the eight and last story in the collection The Amateur Cracksman, published by Methuen & Co. Ltd in London, and Charles Scribner's Sons in New York, both in 1899.

A.J. Raffles, the celebrated cricketer, is welcomed in the parlours and country estates of high society. This circumstance he uses to his advantage in his secret career as "The Amateur Cracksman", a master burglar and safecracker who remains always one step ahead of Scotland Yard. An old school friend, Bunny Manders, reintroduces Raffles to his sister, Gwen, with whom Raffles had been infatuated a decade ago. Raffles falls in love with her all over again, and she with him.

When Bunny confides a crushing gambling debt over which he is considering suicide, Raffles assures him the money can be obtained. He plans to accept a weekend invitation to the country house of Lord and Lady Melrose; Lady Melrose's famous jewelry can easily solve Bunny's problem. However, another guest is Inspector MacKenzie incognito, who strongly suspects Raffles of being the Cracksman. Raffles plots to frame a petty criminal with the theft, but keep the jewelry, for himself.

"Le Premier Pas" is a short story by E. W. Hornung, and features the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, and his companion and biographer, Bunny Manders. The story was first published as the fourth story in the collection The Amateur Cracksman, published by Methuen & Co. Ltd in London, and Charles Scribner's Sons in New York, both in 1899.Rowland, page 280. This and "Wilful Murder" were the two stories in the collection not published previously in magazine format.

"Wilful Murder" is a short story by E. W. Hornung, and features the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, and his companion and biographer, Bunny Manders. The story was first published as the fifth part of the collection The Amateur Cracksman, published by Methuen & Co. Ltd in London, and Charles Scribner's Sons in New York, both in 1899.Rowland, page 280. This and "Le Premier Pas" were the two stories in the collection not published previously in magazine format.

As Raffles tells Bunny: '"I used to have rather a heavy moustache," said Raffles, "but I lost it the day after I lost my innocence."'Hornung, The Amateur Cracksman, chapter "Le Premier Pas", p. 146. He is some years older than Bunny, who is thirty years old in "An Old Flame", which takes place sometime after Raffles and Bunny reunite in "No Sinecure". After the time skip, Raffles's appearance is considerably aged due to his hardships abroad.

Soul Stirring is a brown mare with a white blaze and a white sock on her left hind leg bred in Hokkaido by the Yoshida family's Shadai Group. She was sent into training with Kazuo Fujisawa. She was from the first crop of foals sired by Frankel, an undefeated racehorse whose other progeny have included Cracksman and Without Parole. Soul Stirring was the second foal of Stacelita, a multiple Group 1 winner in both Europe and the United States.

She was born as Marjorie Daw Collins in Brooklyn (before NYC was consolidated). She appeared on stage in A Parisian Model (1906-1908), Miss Innocence (1909),Playbill for Miss Innocence - Chicago (January 1910; Bonner listed as Spanish dancer; husband Power playing The Duke of Pomerania) A Winsome Widow (1912), and later appeared in a few silent films.Advertisement (advertisement for 1914 silent film The Master Cracksman in which Bonner and husband Power appeared), Seattle Star, February 6, 1915.

"A Trap to Catch a Cracksman" is a short story by E. W. Hornung, and features the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, and his companion and biographer, Bunny Manders. The story was published in August 1905 by Pall Mall Magazine in London.Rowland, page 282 The story was also included as the seventh story in the collection A Thief in the Night, published by Chatto & Windus in London, and Charles Scribner's Sons in New York, both in 1905.Rowland, page 280.

He lives in the Albany, a prestigious residential building in London. Ten years after they were at their public school together,Hornung, E. W. "The Ides of March", The Amateur Cracksman. 706. '"Exactly," said Raffles, nodding to himself, as though in assent to some hidden train of thought; "exactly what I remember of you, and I'll bet it's as true now as it was ten years ago."' Raffles meets Bunny again when they play baccarat with others in "The Ides of March".

Wealthy Jimmy Pitt falls for a girl on the boat back from England. In New York he finds his old cronies excited by Love, the Cracksman, a new play in the Raffles vein. He makes a bet with his friend Arthur Mifflin, star of the play – he will break into a house that very night. Brooding on how to accomplish such a feat, his house is broken into by Spike Mullins, whom he persuades to accompany him on his mission.

Mr. Justice Raffles is a 1921 British crime film directed by Gaston Quiribet and starring Gerald Ames, Eileen Dennes and James Carew. It was based on the 1909 novel Mr. Justice Raffles by E.W. Hornung featuring his gentleman thief AJ Raffles. The plot changed a number of details from the novel and inserted a romantic interest into the plot which sees Raffles fall in love with Camilla Belsize, while trying to conceal his secret life as a leading cracksman from her.

Logician is a roan colt bred in England by his owner Khalid Abullah's Juddmonte Farms. He was sent into training with John Gosden at Newmarket, Suffolk. He was from the third crop of foals sired by Frankel, an undefeated racehorse whose other progeny have included Cracksman, Anapurna, Soul Stirring and Without Parole. Logician's dam Scuffle (from whom he inherited his grey colour) showed some racing ability, winning three minor races in 2008 and later ran third in the Snowdrop Fillies' Stakes.

"The Ides of March" (also published as "In the Chains of Crime") is a short story by E. W. Hornung, and the first appearance of the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, and his companion and biographer, Bunny Manders. The story was first published in June 1898 by Cassell's Magazine.Rowland, page 282 The story was also included in the collection The Amateur Cracksman, published by Methuen & Co. Ltd in London, and Charles Scribner's Sons in New York, both in 1899.Rowland, page 283.

"A Trap to Catch a Cracksman" is a short story by E. W. Hornung, and features the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, and his companion and biographer, Bunny Manders. The story was published in July 1905 by Pall Mall Magazine in London.Rowland, page 282 The story was also included as the seventh story in the collection A Thief in the Night, published by Chatto & Windus in London, and Charles Scribner's Sons in New York, both in 1905.Rowland, page 280.

Raffles is a 1939 American crime comedy film starring David Niven and Olivia de Havilland, and is one of several film adaptations of an 1899 short story collection by E. W. Hornung, The Amateur Cracksman. Sidney Howard was given credit as co-author of the screenplay with John Van Druten, due to his having been the writer of the 1930 version. Howard had died four months prior to the release of this film. F. Scott Fitzgerald may also have worked on the script, but this is unconfirmed.

A series of 160-page Sexton Blake annuals, featuring old stories and new material, began in 1938 and lasted till 1941. Four hardbacks designed for the younger market were published by Dean & Son Ltd during 1968. The third of these, Raffles' Crime in Gibraltar, portrayed Blake contending with A. J. Raffles, E.W. Hornung's amateur cracksman. In 2009, IPC's information manager, David Abbott, signed licenses to publish two Blake omnibus archive editions: The Casebook of Sexton Blake, published by Wordsworth Editions, and Sexton Blake, Detective published by Snowbooks.

Raffles is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy-mystery film produced by Samuel Goldwyn. It stars Ronald Colman as the title character, a proper English gentleman who moonlights as a notorious jewel thief, and Kay Francis as his love interest. It is based on the play Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1906) by E. W. Hornung and Eugene Wiley Presbrey, which was in turn adapted from the 1899 short story collection of the same name by Hornung. Oscar Lagerstrom was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Recording.

He had more success on the baseball field than in the entertainment industry, although he did appear in a number of movies in small roles, including the silent classic The General (1926), and in Paramount's first sound feature Warming Up (1928). He was also retained as an advisor on a number of baseball movies. One of Donlin's great friends and drinking buddies was renowned actor John Barrymore. Donlin appeared in at least two of the actor's silent pictures, Raffles the Amateur Cracksman (1917) and The Sea Beast (1926).

Cracksman (foaled 9 April 2014) is a British Thoroughbred racehorse. He showed promise when winning his only race as a two-year-old in 2016 before developing into a top class middle distance performer in the following year. As a three- year-old he won the Investec Derby Trial before running third when favourite for the 2017 Epsom Derby and then finishing runner up in the Irish Derby. He went on to win the Great Voltigeur Stakes and Prix Niel before recording an emphatic success in the Champion Stakes.

Nelson & Sons, 1914; University of Nebraska Press, 1976; et al) expand the title to Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman. Some editions such as Penguin Books, 1948, retitle the collection simply, Raffles. It was the original short story collection by Hornung, featuring his most famous character, A. J. Raffles, a gentleman thief in late Victorian Great Britain. The book was very well received and spawned three follow-ups: two more short story collections, The Black Mask (1901) and A Thief in the Night (1904), as well as a full-length novel, Mr. Justice Raffles (1909).

Bunny dislikes Raffles's tendency to keep secrets about his plans from him, noting in "A Costume Piece" that Raffles has "the instinctive secretiveness of the inveterate criminal". Generally, Bunny gets along with Raffles. For example, in "Gentlemen and Players", Bunny states that it was a pleasure for him "to accompany Raffles to all his [cricket] matches, to watch every ball he bowled, or played, or fielded, and to sit chatting with him in the pavilion when he was doing none of these three things".Hornung, E. W. "Gentlemen and Players", The Amateur Cracksman. 706.

Without Parole is a bay horse with a white star bred in England by the Kentucky-based John D. Gunther, best known as the breeder of Justify. In October 2016 the yearling was offered for sale at Tattersalls but failed to reach his reserve price of 650,000 guineas. The colt was sent into training with John Gosden at Newmarket, Suffolk and competed in the ownership of Gunther and his daughter Tanya. He was from the second crop of foals sired by Frankel, an undefeated racehorse whose other progeny have included Cracksman and Soul Stirring.

Gentleman jewel thief A.J. Raffles (Ronald Colman) decides to give up his criminal ways as the notorious "Amateur Cracksman" after falling in love with Lady Gwen (Kay Francis). However, when his friend Bunny Manders (Bramwell Fletcher) tries to commit suicide because of a gambling debt he cannot repay, Raffles decides to take on one more job for Bunny's sake. He joins Bunny and Gwen as guests of Lord and Lady Melrose, with an eye toward acquiring the Melrose necklace, once the property of Empress Joséphine. Complications arise when a gang of thieves also decides to try for the necklace at the same time.

The Cracksman 20 is an early fibreglass-hulled Fractional rigged sloop sailing catamaran used for 'day boat' trips and longer cruises. Designed by Michael Henderson in the early 1960s and built by Newbridge Boats Ltd from 1963, the boat's shallow draft (when sailing) of less than three feet allows the boat to sail with versatility in even the shallowest of waters. When under motor, the dagger boards and twin rudders can be lifted, reducing the draft to just 8 inches. This allows the boat to operate easily in tidal areas and beach for quick loading and unloading of crew and equipment.

Raffles using his rope-ladder, by Cyrus Cuneo (1905) One of the things that Raffles has in common with Sherlock Holmes is a mastery of disguiseduring his days as an ostensible man-about-town, Raffles keeps the components of various disguises in a studio apartment in Chelsea, which he maintains under a false name.Hornung, E. W. "A Costume Piece", The Amateur Cracksman. 706. He can imitate the regional speech of many parts of Britain flawlessly, and is fluent in Italian."The Last Laugh" Raffles is adept at using burglary tools such as hand drills and skeleton keys.

Raffles has also been referenced in newspaper articles about real thefts since this period.Examples: “Raffles' Baffles London Cops” (The Washington Post, 1983), “Real-life Raffles stalks the rich” (The Guardian, 2005), and “Raffles, a petty thief or the Duke himself: Who was behind £1m jewel heist?” (Daily Express, 2020). While Raffles and Bunny were inspired by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, several of the Holmes stories, including the story of his return from the dead, were not published until after the first two collections of Raffles short stories, The Amateur Cracksman and The Black Mask, were published in 1899 and 1901 respectively.

Veracious is a bay filly with a small white star bred and owned by the Cheveley Park Stud. She was sent into training with Michael Stoute at Freemason Lodge Stables in Newmarket, Suffolk. She was from the second crop of foals sired by Frankel, an undefeated racehorse whose other progeny have included Cracksman, Logician, Anapurna, Soul Stirring and Without Parole. Veracious's dam Infallible showed top-class form, winning the Nell Gwyn Stakes and finishing second in both the Coronation Stakes and the Falmouth Stakes and went on to be a successful broodmare who produced several other winners including Mutakayyef (Summer Mile Stakes).

In 1854, Edward Pierce, a charismatic and affluent "cracksman" or master thief, makes plans to steal a shipment of gold worth more than twelve thousand pounds being transported monthly from London to the Crimean War front. He faces enormous obstacles as the bank has taken strict precautions, including locking the gold in two custom-built safes, each with two locks, thus requiring a total of four keys to open. He recruits Robert Agar, a "screwsman" or specialist in copying keys, as an accomplice. To ensure his plan's success, Pierce spends more than a year in preparation.

Mozu Ascot is a chestnut with a white star and stripe and three white socks bred in Kentucky by the Summer Wind Farm. As a yearling in September 2015 he was put up for auction at the Keeneland Association sale but failed to reach his reserve price of $275,000. He was subsequently exported to Japan where he was sent into training with Yoshito Yahagi and carried the yellow and black colours of Capital System Co Ltd. He was from the first crop of foals sired by Frankel, an undefeated racehorse whose other progeny have included Cracksman, Anapurna, Soul Stirring and Without Parole.

William King Baggot (November 7, 1879 - July 11, 1948) was an American actor, film director and screenwriter. He was an internationally famous movie star of the silent film era. The first individually publicized leading man in America, Baggot was referred to as "King of the Movies," "The Most Photographed Man in the World" and "The Man Whose Face Is As Familiar As The Man In The Moon." Baggot appeared in over 300 motion pictures from 1909 to 1947; wrote 18 screenplays; and directed 45 movies from 1912 to 1928, including The Lie (1912), Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1925) and The House of Scandal (1928).

The fictional character Stingaree proved to be a prototype of a character Hornung used in a series of six short stories published in 1898 in Cassell's Magazine, A. J. Raffles. The character was modelled on George Cecil Ives, a Cambridge- educated criminologist and talented cricketer who, like Raffles, was a resident of the Albany, a gentlemen's only residence in Mayfair. The first tale of the series "In the Chains of Crime" was published in June that year, titled "The Ides of March". The stories were collected into one volume—with two additional tales—under the name The Amateur Cracksman, which was published the following year.

John Gosden, who had won the race in 2017 with Enable was represented by Coronet, a four-year-old filly who won the Ribblesdale Stakes as a three- year-old and had been narrowly beaten in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud. The only three-year-old in the field was Rotropovich, trained like Hydrangea by Aidan O'Brien, who had finished second in the Irish Derby. The other two runners were Salouen (runner-up to Cracksman in the Coronation Cup) and Desert Encounter. Crystal Ocean was made the 6/4 favourite ahead of Poet's Word on 7/4, Coronet on 15/2, Hydrangea on 10/1 and Rostropovich on 12/1.

Lambiek: Carl Anderson For Hearst, Anderson created Raffles and Bunny, and for the McClure Syndicate in 1903 he drew Herr Spiegelberger, the Amateur Cracksman. Since these strips received only a mild reaction from readers, Anderson began freelancing for Judge, Life, and Puck. With the Great Depression looming and his markets diminishing, Anderson was 65 years old when he left New York in 1930, returning to Madison to care for his dying father. Anderson lived in Madison with his three sisters in the house his father built at 834 Prospect Place near Lake Mendota, and he resumed his earlier trade as a cabinetmaker while teaching night classes.

Cracksman began his second season in the Investec Derby Trial over ten furlongs at Epsom Racecourse on 26 April, a race in which he was ridden for the first time by Frankie Dettori. Starting the 4/6 favourite against seven opponents he started poorly and then pulled hard before being settled by Dettori in third place. After struggling to obtain a clear run early in the straight and then finished strongly to catch the Mark Johnston-trained Permian on the line and win by a short head. The form of the race was subsequently boosted when Permian won the Dante Stakes at York Racecourse in May.

After being restrained towards the rear of the field, he made rapid progress on the outside in the straight. He overtook the favourite Cracksman inside the last furlong, but was caught in the final strides by the outsider Wings of Eagles and beaten three-quarters of a length into second place. The colt was then dropped in distance and matched against older horses in the Eclipse Stakes over ten furlongs at Sandown Park on 8 July. He was made the 7/4 favourite, but lost his chance after being badly hampered and finished fourth behind Ulysses who won by a nose from Barney Roy.

1904 Collier's illustration by J. C. Leyendecker A. J. Raffles is a British fictional character - a cricketer and gentleman thief - created by E. W. Hornung, who, between 1898 and 1909, wrote a series of 26 short stories, two plays, and a novel about him and his fictional chronicler, Harry "Bunny" Manders. The first story, "The Ides of March", appeared in the June 1898 edition of Cassell's Magazine. The early adventures were collected in The Amateur Cracksman and continued with The Black Mask (1901). The last collection, A Thief in the Night (1904) and the novel Mr. Justice Raffles (1909) tell of adventures previously withheld.

In the 2017 Epsom Derby was the least-fancied of the three Godolphin runners and started a 20/1 outsider. After turning into the straight last of the eighteen runners he made steady progress and came home fifth behind Wings of Eagles, Cliffs of Moher, Cracksman and Eminent. Nineteen days later at Royal Ascot the colt started the 9/2 second choice in the betting behind the Aidan O'Brien-trained Orderofthegarter in the Group 3 Hampton Court Stakes over ten furlongs. Ridden by Oisin Murphy, he tracked the leaders, went to the front approaching the final furlong and stayed on strongly to win by half a length from Orderofthegarter.

In 1903 Hornung collaborated with Eugène Presbrey to write a four-act play, Raffles, The Amateur Cracksman, which was based on two previously published short stories, "Gentlemen and Players" and "The Return Match". The play was first performed at the Princess Theatre, New York, on 27 October 1903 with Kyrle Bellew as Raffles, and ran for 168 performances. In 1905, after publishing four other books in the interim, Hornung brought back the character Stingaree, previously seen in Irralie's Bushranger. Later that year he responded to public demand and produced a third series of short Raffles stories in A Thief in the Night, in which Manders relates some of his and Raffles's earlier adventures.

The race attracted a field of seven runners, five from England and two from Ireland. There were no challengers from continental Europe. The race appeared to be sub-standard by King George standards as the only previous Group one winners in the race were Poet's Word, an improving five-year-old who had defeated Cracksman in the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot, and the Irish trained filly Hydrangea who had won the Matron Stakes and the British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes in 2017. Another major contender was Crystal Ocean, a stablemate of Poet's Word, who had finished runner-up in the St Leger and recorded an impressive victory in the Hardwicke Stakes.

Cracksman began his third campaign in the Prix Ganay at the newly re-opened Longchamp Racecourse on 29 April and stated 3/5 favourite against six opponents including Cloth of Stars and Rhododendron. After racing in second place for most of the way he was sent to the front by Dettori 200 metres from the finish and drew away to win "readily" by four lengths from Wren's Day. After the race Gosden said Frankie was pleased with him... he got very low and stretched, which is a great thing to see in a horse. The great thing is he's won today on good, and perhaps slightly on the faster side of good, so he's versatile.

Crystal Ocean (foaled 8 February 2014) is a British Thoroughbred racehorse. After finishing second on his only appearance as a juvenile he developed into a high-class middle-distance performer in the following year when he won the Gordon Stakes, finished second in the St Leger and was placed in both the Dante Stakes and the King Edward VII Stakes. He was even better in the following year when he took the Gordon Richards Stakes, Aston Park Stakes and Hardwicke Stakes before being narrowly beaten by his stablemate Poet's Word in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. He later finished second to Enable in the September Stakes and to Cracksman in the Champion Stakes.

His first novel, A Bride from the Bush, was published in 1890, and Hornung used his Australian experiences as a backdrop to the story. He went on to use Australia as a setting or plot element in a further seven novels and two collections of short stories. In 1899 The Amateur Cracksman was published, a series of short stories that introduced A. J. Raffles, a gentleman thief in late-Victorian Britain. Hornung dedicated the book to his friend, the writer Arthur Conan Doyle: "To A.C.D. This form of flattery", and the narrative form is similar to Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories, with Raffles and his partner Bunny Manders being the criminal counterparts to Holmes and Dr. Watson.

On 1 October the colt started a 20/1 outsider for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe over 2400 metres at Chantilly. He tracked the leaders for most of the way and kept on well in the straight to finish fifth behind Enable, Cloth of Stars, Ulysses and Order of St George. Three weeks later Brametot was sent to England to contest the Champion Stakes over ten furlongs at Ascot Racecourse. He went off the 11/2 third choice in the betting but after moving into contention two furlongs from the finish he tired badly on the soft ground and came home sixth behind Cracksman, beaten almost fifteen lengths by the winner.

Stradivarius made his racecourse debut in a maiden race over eight and a half furlongs at Nottingham Racecourse on 5 October in which he started at odds of 3/1 and finished fifth of the nine runners behind Contrapposto. Two weeks later, in a similar event over one mile at Newmarket Racecourse he ran fourth behind his stablemate Cracksman. On 7 November the colt stated favourite for a one-mile maiden on the synthetic tapeta track at Newcastle Racecourse. Ridden as on his debut by Robert Havlin he led for most of the way and rallied after being headed in the closing stages to win in a blanket finish from Bowerman, Mutarabby and Lethal Impact.

He revisited his birthplace in 1959 and wrote to a friend: 'I visited an ancient pub, The Old Harrow near Weston Green. I always remember the lines on the signboard of that inn when I was a kid.... There it was too and the old weatherworn sign with the letters a bit dim but still legible!' Barker wrote a poem "IN THAMES DITTON" under Looking for Water, published 1964:Crighton House Inc., New York, 1964 "In Thames Ditton I remembered a clock....." Ernest William Hornung penned a very brief local stay of the narrator-protagonist in The Amateur Cracksman (1899): ;Literature - biographic main references Thomas Babington Macaulay rented lodgings a year near Esher railway station (then still "Ditton Marsh") while writing some of his History of England.

After racing in second place he went to the front in the straight but was outpaced in the last 300 metres and finished fifth behind Enable, Sea of Class, Cloth of Stars and Waldgeist, beaten just over three lengths by the winner. Two weeks later the colt was dropped back in distance for the ten furlong Champion Stakes on soft ground at Ascot Racecourse and was strongly supported in the betting, going off the 4/1 third choice in an eight-runner field. After racing in second place he moved up to dispute the lead in the straight but was again outpaced in the closing stages and came home fourth behind Cracksman, Crystal Ocean and the Czech-trained outsider Subway Dancer.

Arthur J. Raffles (usually called A. J. Raffles) is a fictional character created in 1898 by E. W. Hornung, brother-in-law to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Raffles is, in many ways, an inversion of Holmeshe is a "gentleman thief", living at the Albany, a prestigious address in London, playing cricket as a gentleman (or "amateur") for the Gentlemen of England and supporting himself by carrying out ingenious burglaries. He is called the "Amateur Cracksman" and often, at first, differentiates between him and the "professors"professional criminals from the lower classes. As Holmes has Dr. Watson to chronicle his adventures, Raffles has Harry "Bunny" Mandersa former schoolmate saved from disgrace by Raffles, whom Raffles persuaded to accompany him on a burglary.

Hornung was inspired by the Sherlock Holmes stories of his brother-in-law, Arthur Conan Doyle and dedicated The Amateur Cracksman to Doyle: "To A. C. D. This Form of Flattery".Hornung (2003) [1899], "Introduction" by Richard Lancelyn Green, p. xxxv. It has been suggested that Raffles's name may have been inspired by the title of Doyle's 1891 novel The Doings of Raffles Haw. Richard Lancelyn Green points out that Raffles shares his first name with Conan Doyle and with Hornung's son, Arthur Oscar Hornung. Raffles's initials are those of Hornung's housemaster at Uppingham School, A. J. Tuck and reversed, those of J. A. Turner, the cricket captain at Uppingham during 1882, Hornung's first year.Hornung (2003) [1899], "Notes" by Richard Lancelyn Green, p. 142.

While Raffles and Deedes are both charismatic, Raffles has a code of honour and "is not really evil at all" according to Rowland, whereas Deedes "turns very nasty indeed" after Bower tries to get him to return the money he stole. Rowland writes that "Hornung (having passed the midway point of his story) had realised that he was on very dangerous ground and had speedily de-glamorised Deedes. Morality had been asserted at the eleventh hour, and justice had to be administered without further ado.... After experimenting with his new concept in 'After the Fact', Hornung was aware that his amateur cracksman would have to be a thoroughly decent chap even if he is a bit of a law-breaker."Rowland (1999), pp. 128–129.

Despite never having previously contested, let alone won a group race, Cracksman was regarded as a leading contender for the Epsom Derby over one and a half miles at Epsom on 3 June and was made the 7/2 favourite against eighteen opponents. Ridden by Dettori he tracked the leaders, turned into the straight in fifth and took the lead approaching the final furlong. He kept on well but was overtaken in the closing stages and finished third, beaten three quarters of a length and a neck by Wings of Eagles and Cliffs of Moher. On 1 July at the Curragh he faced Wings of Eagles again in the Irish Derby, a race which also attracted the leading French colt Waldgeist.

Her first professional appearance came in 1901, when she was cast as Jehanneton in the play If I Were King, which ran for 56 performances at Garden Theatre (an early component of Madison Square Garden). She achieved acclaim for her role in The Christian. In 1903 she played Gwendolyn in the Broadway premiere of E. W. Hornung's Raffles The Amateur Cracksman opposite Kyrle Bellew. She started in pictures with the 'Kalem company in 1908 and made a number of appearances like in The Maid's Double in 1911. Blandick finally broke onto Broadway in 1912, when she was cast as Dolores Pennington in Widow By Proxy which ran for 88 performances through early 1913 at George M. Cohan's Theatre on Broadway.

Most of the best remembered stories appeared in this period, including the Courtfield Cracksman, Methuselah, Lancaster, and Brander rebellion series, as well as several ambitious travel series to far away places such as India, China, South Seas, Egypt and East Africa, which its readers would never see, and in truth most of which Hamilton himself never saw, either, being hugely in demand as an author. Some Hamilton enthusiasts and scholars have suggested that the central years of this era represent a 'Golden Age', a sustained period that saw a consistently high standard in the quality of stories and series, occurring from the late 1920s to the early 1930s. Charles Hamilton himself agreed that his best work for The Magnet took place around this time.

The play was a critical success, and The New York Times thought the audience saw "Barrymore play as he had never played before, and so, by his work as the wretched prisoner in Justice, step forward into a new position on the American stage." The critic went on to say that Barrymore gave "an extraordinary performance in every detail of appearance and manner, in every note of deep feeling ... a superb performance." Blanche Oelrichs, Barrymore's second wife, mother of Diana Barrymore, who published poetry under the pseudonym Michael Strange From early 1916, Barrymore had been living apart from Katherine, and she sued for divorce in November 1916. By the time the divorce was finalized in December 1917, he had taken the lead role in the film Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman.

Hornung's original stories have undergone a number of reprints, and when all the short stories were published in a single volume, Graham Greene considered it "a splendid idea". In 1975 Greene had written a play based on the Raffles stories, The Return of A. J. Raffles, which premiered at the Royal Shakespeare Company, with Denholm Elliott as Raffles. There were several Raffles films made during Hornung's lifetime, Further films followed in the years after his death, including Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1925), with House Peters Sr.; Raffles (1930), featuring Ronald Colman; The Return of Raffles (1933), with George Barraud; and Raffles (1939), starring David Niven; the last of these was a Samuel Goldwyn Productions remake of their own 1930 film, which the academic Victor E. Neuburg called the "most memorable portrayal" of the character.

The Cracksman 20 Mk II included a far more meaningful interior, with four berths included as standard as well as other features such as a cooker and sea toilet. The boat also featured a more substantial 'trunk cabin' which provided the extra space needed for the addition of internal features. The open rear to the trunk cabin that was observed on the Mk I was replaced instead with a sealed off rear with trunk boards fitted. As well as the physical differences to the vessel, the Mk II also differed in rigging to the Mk I; Henderson opted for a more powerful masthead rig which featured a foresail that went to the top of the mast, as opposed to the fractional rig whose foresail only goes partly up the mast.

Moore settled him in fourth before taking the lead approaching the final furlong and winning by one and a half lengths and a neck from Second Step (Grosser Preis von Berlin) and Scarlet Dragon. In September the colt was sent to Ireland and stepped up to Group 1 class for the Irish Champion Stakes over ten furlongs at Leopardstown Racecourse in which he was partnered by James Doyle. Starting at odds of 10/1 he was beaten half a length by the outsider Decorated Knight with Cliffs of Moher, Churchill and The Grey Gatsby among the unplaced finishers. In the Champion Stakes at Ascot Racecourse on 21 October, he proved no match for the winner Cracksman but took second place ahead of Highland Reel, Recoletos, Brametot, Cliffs of Moher and Barney Roy.

Poet's Word began his fourth season with a trip to Dubai for the Sheema Classic at Meydan Racecourse in March. Ridden for the first time by Frankie Dettori he finished second of the ten runners, beaten three lengths by Hawkbill. On his return to Europe the horse started 4/6 favourite for the Brigadier Gerard Stakes over 10 furlongs at Sandown Park Racecourse on 24 May. He was positioned in second place by Moore before taking the lead entering the last quarter mile and "kept on well" to win by two and a quarter lengths from Laraaib. At Royal Ascot on 20 June Poet's Word started 11/2 second favourite behind Cracksman in a seven-runner field for the Group 1 Prince of Wales's Stakes which also included Hawkbill and Cliffs of Moher.

Thomas's earliest works seem to have been in the area of legal and historical fact, notably revised texts of Thomas Bayly Howell's collection of state trials, originally collected at the behest of William Cobbett and published between 1809 and 1826.WorldCat on State Trials. Accessed 10 February 2008 Among his earliest forays into the world of fiction was Sergeant Verity and the Cracksman, 1974, published under the pseudonym Francis Selwyn. By the early 1980s, however, he had largely shed the Selwyn pseudonym (returning to it briefly in the late 1980s for some non-fiction works, and once in 2000, for another "Verity" novel), and began writing under his own name, Donald (S.) Thomas, switching from academic study and biography to Sherlockiana and crime fiction, all underpinned with his deep knowledge of the times and cultures of which he writes.

Waldgeist began his second campaign by starting favourite for the Group 2 Prix Greffulhe over 2000 metres at Saint-Cloud Racecourse on 8 May and finished second of the five runners behind Recoletos. In the Prix du Jockey-Club at Chantilly four weeks later he produced a sustained late run to take the lead in the closing stages but was caught on the line and beaten a short head by the favourite Brametot. In the Irish Derby at the Curragh on 1 July he came home fourth behind Capri, Cracksman and Wings of Eagles, beaten less than two lengths by the winner. After a three-month break, Waldgeist returned to the track on 7 October when he was sent to England for the Cumberland Lodge Stakes at Ascot Racecourse in which he was partnered by Vincent Cheminaud.

The Return of A. J. Raffles, first produced and published in 1975, is an Edwardian comedy play in three acts, written by Graham Greene and based somewhat loosely on E. W. Hornung's characters in The Amateur Cracksman. Set in the late summer of the year 1900, the story revolves around the infamous burglar and cricketer, A. J. Raffles—presumed dead in the Boer War—who returns to Albany where, with his friends Bunny and Lord Alfred Douglas, he plots to rob the Marquess of Queensberry, partly for the money and partly for revenge against the Marquess for his treatment of their friend Oscar Wilde. The robbery takes place at the Marquess' house in Hertfordshire, where Raffles and Bunny are interrupted by the Prince of Wales and a Scotland Yard detective, who discover the Prince's personal letters have also been stolen.

Very early morning, Bunny receives a vague and distressing telephone call from Raffles, telling Bunny that he has fallen into Maguire's trap. Barney Maguire, the heavyweight champion of the United States who is in England to fight a leading British contender, had met Raffles and Bunny at the Imperial Sporting Club a week ago and invited them to his home. Raffles had admired Maguire's many jewels and valuable trophies, and, being further encouraged by Maguire's boast that he had devised a perfect trap to catch any cracksman, had decided to steal Maguire's trophies on the night after Maguire was to fight the British champion, correctly assuming that Maguire would win and go out drinking to celebrate. However, Raffles faints before he can tell Bunny over the phone the nature of the trap was that has indeed caught him.

Morgan and Madge Kennedy in Baby Mine (1917) Morgan starred with John Barrymore in Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1917), an independent film produced in and about New York City. His career expanded when talkies began, his most stereotypical role being that of a befuddled but good hearted middle-aged man. By the mid-1930s, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer had been so impressed by Morgan that they signed him to a lifetime contract. Morgan is best remembered for his performance in The Wizard of Oz (1939) where he played the Wizard and five other roles: the carnival huckster "Professor Marvel", the gatekeeper at the Emerald City, the coachman of the carriage drawn by "The Horse of a Different Color", the Emerald City guard (who initially refuses to let Dorothy and her friends in to see the Wizard), and the Wizard's scary face projection. Morgan was cast in the role on September 22, 1938.

At Royal Ascot nineteen days later the colt tarted 2/5 favourite against five opponents for the Prince of Wales's Stakes over ten furlongs. He was never going well and although he took the lead in the straight he was soon overtaken and beaten two and a quarter lengths into second by Poet's Word. Gosden later suggested that the horse was distracted by the fillies returning to the paddock from the previous race commenting "he wasn't quite mentally with us; he got very interested in the girls and obviously caught a little whiff of them and was rather keener to get over the hedge and say hello to them". After an absence of four months Cracksman returned and attempted to repeat his 2017 success in the Champion Stakes on 20 October a race in which he was equipped with blinkers for the first time.

The film's plot is loosely based on the Great Gold Robbery of 1855, in which a cracksman named William Pierce engineered the theft of a trainload of gold being shipped to the British Army during the Crimean War. The gold shipment of £12,000 (equal to £ today) in gold coin and ingots from the London-to-Folkestone passenger train was stolen by Pierce and his accomplices, a clerk in the railway offices named Tester, and a skilled screwsman named Agar. The robbery was a year in the planning and involved making sets of duplicate keys from wax impressions for the locks on the safes, and bribing the train's guard, a man called Burgess. Crichton, the author of the book and the screenplay, was inspired by Kellow Chesney's 1970 book The Victorian Underworld, which is a comprehensive examination of the more sordid aspects of Victorian society.

Westerton first went to the United States in 1902 where he toured in Everyman for The Ben Greet Players and again in Sweet Kitty Bellairs (1903-04) at the Belasco TheatreFrank H. Westerton - Internet Broadway Database before moving there permanently, marrying the American actress Madge E. McNulty in Manhattan on 16 February 1905. Westerton appeared regularly on Broadway from 1905 to 1922, making his Broadway début as Bevilaccas, a licensed news-bearer in Adrea (1905) at the Belasco Theatre. Other appearances include The Rose of the Rancho (1906) at the Belasco Theatre; in the farce The Patriot (1908) at the Garrick Theatre; The Scandal (1910) at the Garrick Theatre; in A Lucky Star (1910) at the Hudson Theatre; in the 1910 revival of Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman at the Gaiety Theatre; The Phantom Rival (1914) at the Belasco Theatre; What Money Can't Buy (1915) at the 48th Street Theatre; The Pride of Race (1916) at the Maxine Elliott's Theatre; The Tempest (1916) at the Century Theatre; Rich Man, Poor Man (1916) at the 48th Street Theatre; as Captain Spicer in the musical romance Kitty Darlin' (1917) at the Casino Theatre; as Lieut. Arthur Bennett in Three Faces East (1918) at the Longacre Theatre, and as George Burroughs in the comedy farce The Champion (1921) at the Longacre Theatre.