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This is a "No Vacation" tournament!
Hi my friends,
This is the 2nd in a new series of tourneys that will feature personal names in well known and well used phrases.
Queen Victoria of Britain reigned from 1837 until 1901. She would be driven about, when not using a train, by horse drawn carriage as was the convention at the time. There would have been a number of coach drivers available to her, depending on the location and the carriage being used. One of them towards the end of the 1800s was named James.
His name was James Darling, and little is known of him except his name and position. It was the convention of the time for an upper class person to address a driver by his surname, but this would have left the Queen saying “home, Darling.” The Queen naturally decided to use his first name to save embarrassment, and a phrase was born.
There is also a song of the same name and here are the lyrics,I have no idea of the tune!
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HOME JAMES AND DON’T SPARE THE HORSES (Frank Hillebrand) Ambrose & his Orchestra V. Elsie Carlisle Recorded 11 December 1934
It was in the gay nineties One night at a swell affair She was dressed in her best Sunday bustle And wore a rat in her hair Her lover was not tall or handsome But he was a terrible flirt He spent the entire evening Making up to every skirt Angrily she reproached him He heeded not at all So she in her best Sunday bustle Went flouncing out of the hall She swept down the steps so majestic To her footman standing below And in accents loud and clear She told him where to go (Oooooooooh) Home James and don’t spare the horses This night has been ruined for me Home James and don’t spare the horses I’m ruined as ruined can be (Oooooooooh) (Home James and don’t spare the horses) This night has been ruined for me (Home James and don’t spare the horses) I’m ruined as ruined can be We’re still in the gay nineties It is the very next day Our hero’s forlorn ‘cos his girl’s gone And don’t know just what to say He thinks that he’s better do something To win her again for his own ‘cos she was his very best sweetheart She was always good for a loan He goes straight to her mansion And says, “forgive me, dear” And as he tried to embrace her She gave him a boot in the rear He swept down the steps so majestic And her footman booted him too And as they threw him in the road He said, “Hmmm, to you” (Oooooooooh) Home James and don’t spare the horses Ride right through the main part of town Home James and don’t spare the horses He’ll stand up ‘cos he can’t sit down (Oooooooooh) Home James and don’t spare the horses My lover is just a bit tight Home James and don’t spare the horses He shall sleep in the stable tonight.
Transcribed from John Wright’s 78 RPM Record Collection
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The format is 100 players,4/group,3 days/move,2 concurrent games/opponent,2 to advance from each group,unless there are ties,and then ALL TIED players will advance to the next round,and NO VACATION time.
Any players over 1350 AT THE START of the tourney will be removed and,whenever possible,invited to a tourney appropriate to their new rating.
I'll decide when to start this tourney when I see what the response is like.
Good luck to all participants and enjoy yourselves.
Mike
(wallyjack)
Winners
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Announcements
New tourney
Hello my friends,
Here is a no vacation time tourney for mighty players rated 1302-1402 that I hope you will join
:-
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Mike (wallyjack)
New tourney
Hello my friends,
Here is a new no vacation tourney for players rated 1201-1301 that I hope you will join:-
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Mike (wallyjack)
group
Here is a top & up and coming group that's run by an excellent superadmin,charles1949,that I hope you will grace with your superb chess playing presence which will really strengthen the group and propel them up the team ladder!:-
http://www.chess.com/groups/home/fighting-gladiators
I look forward to seeing you in the team matches,my friends
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Mike (wallyjack)
New tourney
Hello my friends,
Here is a new no vacation tourney for players rated 1302-1402 that I hope you will enter:-
http://www.chess.com/tournament/wallyjacks-quotblind-freddie-could-have-seen-that-movequot-1302-1402
Thank you,
Mike (wallyjack)
Another new tourney
Hello my friends,
Here is a new no vacation 1201-1301 tourney that I hope you'll enter:-
Thank you,
Mike (wallyjack)