Snaffles : the life and work of Charlie Johnson Payne, 1884-1967

by John Welcome, Rupert Collens, Vincent O'Brien (Foreword)

Volume of Payne's work chronicling over fifty years of sporting, military and naval life from public and private collections including well-known series of pigsticking prints produced in the late twenties and early thirties following visits to India.

160 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

John Welcome, a pseudonym, was a lawyer by profession. His real name was John Needham Huggard Brennan.

He was educated at Sedbergh School and Oxford.

'Run for Cover' (1958) was his first novel and his early wrting included three sporting novels while he also edited Best Secret Service Stories and Best Legal Stories.

He wrote and edited 25 books including a number on the history of horse racing.

Gerry Wolstenholme
August 2010