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| Dr Flanagan is in this group of Moonee Valley Racing Club officials, fifth from the right in a light coloured hat. |
While Patrick Flanagan's family mainly worked in the hotel industry, Patrick's interests took a different turn, and he studied Medicine at the University of Melbourne. He was also a very active sportsman, and managed to combine those interests by not only managing a private practice and becoming Essendon's Medical Health Officer, but also by becoming Honorary Surgeon for a number of horse racing clubs, and was a keen and active rider in the Oaklands Hunt Club.
Marilyn Kenny has put together a detailed account of his life and interests which has many unexpected turns. Have you heard of the Russian flu epidemic of 1890? If not,
you had better read on....
