Old Ship Hotel, Brighton. - 'Forgive my delay in answering your note...'
I Tatti, Settignano, Florence. - The Berensons are no longer going to Egypt: Mary is in a very low state and does not want to travel; Trevelyan is therefore free to come to I Tatti, but Nicky [Mariano] says he should not do so in December as lots of Mary's family may come, as well as [Gaillard] Lapsley. B.B. is generally well but much distressed. Has come from Montepulciano, where the Braccis were celebrating their silver wedding anniversary. Will look to see if he has Trevelyan's copy of [Woolf's] "The Voyage Out". Asks Trevelyan to bring him two packets of English-made Gillette razor blades: they are 'reduced' to German ones which 'break at their first use'. They have all been watching the eclipse of the moon. The Hammers are here 'full of sorrow'. Is sorry about the death of Trevelyan's friend [Lascelles] Abercrombie.
[Arizona Inn, Tucson, Arizona]. Is terrified by the thought of what England is like now, 'The American Character' by Brogan.
Committee and officials listed on front cover: President of Committee, H. E. E. Howson; Committee, Dr. F. J. Foakes-Jackson and C. A. Elliott; Keeper of the Match Book and Secretary, H. W. A. Elliott; Steward of the Luncheon, S. Gaselle; Judge, G. G. G. Butler; Starter, P. C. Crick; Clerk of the Scales, A. F. Scholfield; Official Time Keeper, G. T. Lapsley.
'1. 45. The Decemviri Plate ( a catch-weight steeplechase) of half-a-crown each for starters, with twenty shillings added, for four years old and upwards; the second and third to save stake. Coton Course, five furlongs (12 entries). Closed Nov. 23, 1910.' List of horses and their owners, with colour and type, weight, and colours of jockey, for example: '1. Mr. S. Gaselee's b[ay] h[orse - i.e. stallion] BUCEPHALUS. Aged. 14 st. 1 lb. Scarlet'.
Turf Club, Cairo. Dennis [Robertson] visited DAW, deep-seated animosity between G H Hardy and G T Lapsley, Lapsley will make a good tutor.
(On the front of the menu is a photograph of the Great Gate at Trinity. The signatures include those of a number of Fellows of the College besides Housman, including F. A. Simpson, R. St John Parry, Henry Jackson, V. H. Stanton, W. C. Dampier Whetham, Sedley Taylor, R. Vere Laurence, J. Ellis McTaggart, H. McLeod Innes, Gaillard Lapsley, F. R. Tennant, and F. G. Hopkins.)