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03-20-2016, 12:31 PM
The exuberant life of Prince Mo**lulu, master of London racetracks
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Jun. 1, 1931
Watched by a crowd, racing tipster Prince Mo**lulu stands on the pavement holding a large bunch of lilies.
Image: Fox Photos/Getty Images
Head to the British racecourses of Newmarket and Epsom in the first half the 20th century and there was a good chance you would encounter*Ras Prince Mo**lulu. Often in an ostrich headdress and embroidered gowns, the Prince was hard to miss.
Ras Prince Mo**lulu's origins are hazy at best. Claiming to be a chief of the Falasha tribe of Abyssinia (in the **rth of present-day Ethiopia), Mo**lulu said he had been kidnapped from the African coast and forced to serve as a sailor on a British ship.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/20/ras-prince-mo**lulu/)
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Jun. 1, 1931
Watched by a crowd, racing tipster Prince Mo**lulu stands on the pavement holding a large bunch of lilies.
Image: Fox Photos/Getty Images
Head to the British racecourses of Newmarket and Epsom in the first half the 20th century and there was a good chance you would encounter*Ras Prince Mo**lulu. Often in an ostrich headdress and embroidered gowns, the Prince was hard to miss.
Ras Prince Mo**lulu's origins are hazy at best. Claiming to be a chief of the Falasha tribe of Abyssinia (in the **rth of present-day Ethiopia), Mo**lulu said he had been kidnapped from the African coast and forced to serve as a sailor on a British ship.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/20/ras-prince-mo**lulu/)
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