14 APRIL 1979, Page 18

Going too far

Sir: Jeffrey Bernard's chagrin at being overlooked yet again by the British Press Awards Panel is understandable. But for my crapulent friend to link me with the outsized, murderous African Re ichsmarschall besieged in his Kampala Fiihrerbunker, insipid Ipswich, and crippled bookmaker's friend Gay Spartan, is unworthy even of a man purporting to be a colonel in some Mad alcoholic army.

John McCririck, The Sporting Life, 9 New Fetter Lane, London EC4