Horse Racing Interest: Charles "Snaffles" Johnson Payne, "I've Heard the Revelly", cloth bound with original illustrated dust cover, bearing title and author to spine and front board, bearing inscription to front page, Aldershot: Gale & Polden Ltd., 1953; together with two green leather and gilt tooled volumes documenting the painting collection of H.J. (Jim) Joel (3)    Footnotes: Charles "Snaffles" Johnson Payne (1884–1967) was an English author-painter known for his humorous work and for his outstanding draughtsman and depiction of the horse in action. This book and its title was inspired by Rudyard Kipling's poem "Shillin' a Day" from Barrack-Room Ballads, first published in the Scots Observer in 1890 and later collated into Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses in 1892. It is to Rudyard Kipling's (R. K.) daughter Elsie Bambridge that the inscription in this volume refers. H. J. (Jim) Joel (1884-1992) was among the most successful owner-breeders in the history of British horse racing with a career spanning eight decades, one of a handful to with both the Derby (1967) and the Grand National (1987).Condition Report: Inscription to front pg. reading: Maurice / with best wishes. / + Merry Christmas 1954 / "Bin to Barelly" etc / R. K.'s daughter Elsie Bambridge is an old friend of mine.;