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Article: The Ashforth Profile: Modern man who arrived in garb of the past; Douglas Erskine-Crum has proved a surprise package as Ascot chief executive.(Sports)
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- The Racing Post (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 21, 2000
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OTHERS may have done more to combat racism and sexism, but Douglas Erskine-Crum is a world leader in the fight against double-barrelled nameism and retired army officerism.
Against the odds, the son of Lieutenant-General Vernon Forbes Erskine-Crum has achieved much respect-despite having more than a little of the double-barrelled surname and the retired army officer about him.
Erskine-Crum arrived at horseracing's home of privilege and class segregation in 1994, to be greeted with a CBE and a groan of despair from those outside the Royal Enclosure-that is, ...