I just looked it up and I think I was confusing two different events. Curley's coup was at bellewstown in Ireland while he wasn't involved with the Cartmel one.

I just looked it up and I think I was confusing two different events. Curley's coup was at bellewstown in Ireland while he wasn't involved with the Cartmel one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Sam_betting_coup https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Sam_betting_coup https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_Future https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_Future