has a colourful history. As we've noted before in these pages, various pastimes have been known to their aficionados as “the fancy”, including bare-knuckle boxing in Georgian times. It's intriguing to learn what “fancy” or “fancier” meant – as in purity of pedigree. “Blood will tell!” was the mantra; the fancier's anthem.
Editor's Letter
Aug 16, 2023
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