The Story of Tommy Dodd and "the Rooster"

"Keep back, in the yellow! Come up, on Othello! Hold hard, on the chestnut! Turn round, on The Drag: Keep back there, on Spartan! Back, you, sir, in tartan! So! steady there! easy! and down went the flag. " -- Adam Lindsay Gordon.

Men in all ranks of society, from cabinet ministers to hotel clerks, are apt to underestimate the true importance of Little Things. Women never do, because it is their business in life to overestimate everything. Though these statements may seem paradoxical, when you've studied the sad history of Tommy Dodd and "The Rooster," my meaning will be as clear as noonday.