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Prince Monolulu
Ras Prince Monolulu (26 October 1881 – 14 February 1965), whose real name was Peter Carl Mackay (or McKay), was a horse-racing tipster, and something of an institution on the British racing scene from the 1920s until the time of his death.〔(Science and Society Picture Library - Search )〕 He was particularly noticeable for his brightly coloured clothing; as a tipster, one of his best known phrases was the cry "I gotta horse!", which was subsequently the title of his memoirs.〔Monolulu, Ras Prince and White, Sidney H. (n.d., c. 1950) ''I Gotta Horse: The Autobiography of Ras Prince Monolulu''. London: Hurst & Blackett Ltd.〕〔(My Brighton and Hove | People | Colourful characters | Ras Prince Monolulu 1880-1965 ) (year of birth appears to be incorrect)〕
==Family background and early life==
Monolulu claimed to be a chief of the Falasha tribe of Abyssinia, but the reality is that he was born in St Croix, Danish West Indies (now part of the United States Virgin Islands). His baptism (as Peter Carl McKay) has been traced in the records of the English Episcopal Church of the Danish West Indies. His father, whose name is not shown in the register, was William Henry McKay and his mother was Catherine Heyliger.〔Pearson, John, "I Gotta 'Orse!", in ''Ancestors'' magazine, October 2008, pp. 46–49.〕 His father and brothers were horse breeders, raisers and racers on St Croix.
According to his own account, he made his way from his birthplace to the African coast, where he was shanghaied on board a British ship: he styled himself as a prince in the hope of receiving better treatment. His ship was subsequently shipwrecked on the Portuguese coast, from where he made his way to New York. More plausibly he travelled to New York via Puerto Rico. He had various jobs, on shore and at sea, and eventually reached London in 1902.〔McConnell 2010〕
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