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The Wakefield International Cup

by Charles Dennis Rushing

Dedication

Drawing A
Drawing C

Fly as close as you can

HOW OFTEN LIKE DAEDALUS
DO WE FLY TOO CLOSE
TO THAT WHICH THOUGH
LIFE GIVING, DASHES
US DOWN!

LOSE HEART LIKE DAEDALUS
NEVER TO FLY AGAIN
OR TO OBTAIN THAT THOUGH
HARDEST TO REACH, LIFTS US UP !

FLY AGAIN LIKE ACCIPITRIDAE
FLY AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN
TO THAT WHICH THOUGH
DIFFICULT & ELUSIVE, LIFTS
US UP!

Drawing B

Dedicated to:

Viscount Lord Wakefield of Hythe
The Wakefield International Cup
To those who seek, and to those who have won The Wakefield Cup

Charles Dennis Rushing, N 6053
June 1996

Viscount Lord Wakefield of Hythe, 1880 to 1941

Viscount Lord Wakefield of Hythe was a Visionary!

VISION IS A BAFFLING THING:
LACK OF IT
RENDERS ALL TO MEDIOCRITY.
POSSESSION OF IT
MADE MIDAS CHAFE.

VISION AS HE KNEW IT:
RANG TRUE AND,
RENDERED ALL ANEW.
HIS POSSESSION OF IT
MADE PROMETHEUS QUAKE!

LORD WAKEFIELD WAS A VISIONARY!
THERE ARE THOSE
WHO HAVE COMPLETELY
FORGOTTEN!
READ ! AWAKEN!

This book is dedicated to:
HELEN RUSHING
MY PATRONS
THE WAKEFIELD CHAMPIONS:1911 TO 1997
VISCOUNT LORD WAKEFIELD OF HYTHE!

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