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Information on Prince monalooloo, famous figure at the Epsom racecource in the 30's/40's?

Prince monalooloo was a bookey, he was Afrocaribean and wore an outlandish costume including a simulated grass skirt made of race tickets. Hw used to walk around calling out:"I got a horse, I got a horse." Any pictures or information would be ahelp for my research.

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1. Prince Monolulu (1881-1965) was a popular figure at British racecourses in the 1930s and 1940s. Born Peter Carl Mackay in British Guiana (now Guyana), Prince Monolulu tried his hand at various occupations - including boxing in France, fortune telling in France and opera in Russia - before entering British public life as a showman and tipster at the races. See links for photo and more...
2. Funny you should ask that as I was looking at my 1948 annual results book in connection with another Q when I saw his advert. There is a picture of him, the size of a passport photo.His address was 83-85 Cleveland Mansions, Cleveland St London W1. My brother and I actually met him at Cheltenham as he was staying for 3 nights in the same hotel and he asked us every morning at breakfast if we knew any winners. I should be surprised if Ras Prince Monolulu was ever a bookmaker. Apart from "I gotta horse" he also used to say "Win bet bookie, place bet Totalisator. Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, Hurrah for good old England." It was probably 1964 when I met him. Although Wikipaedia days he died on 14 Feb 1965 his obituary appeared in the Daily Telegraph of that day.