The big race in which The Prince was expected to win his laurels was the last on the program, so there was plenty of time for receiving friends, and listening to the opinions of well-wishers.
"The Man from Jericho"
Edwin Carlile Litsey
The couple bore up bravely until the whistle blew-then, clasping each other in an almost brutal embrace, they parted, he to jump into the moving train mid the shouts of well-wishers, and she, her shoulders shaking with emotion, to return to her empty home.
"My Home In The Field of Honor"
Frances Wilson Huard
Outside of Hutton's, who cheered him for the honour of their house, he had few well-wishers; but among them was a sprinkling of boys bearing the great Whig names-Cowpers, Sackvilles, Osborns-for whose sake and for its own tradition the ring would give him fair play.
"Hetty Wesley"
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch