Readings: Calling Lady Ellsworth
“George B. ‘Brownie’ Leach, general manager of the Keeneland Sales Company, tells of a horse lover who also had a fondness for bourbon. The gentleman was particularly fond of a mare named Lady Ellsworth, and the more he thought and talked about her, the better he liked her. At two a.m. one morning he called the farm and convinced the sleepy owner that he wanted to talk to Lady Ellsworth. The owner finally convinced the caller that she could not be roused at that late hour. Next morning, feeling a bit contrite, Lady Ellsworth’s admirer again called the farm, apologizing. ‘I shouldn’t have behaved that way,’ he said, ‘but if it isn’t too much trouble I wish you’d call Lady Ellsworth to the telephone now.'” — From “Call Me Horse,” edited by Tom R. Underwood and John I. Day
