The Standard

A red-and-gold rooster in a navy three-piece suit standing on an upholstered chair beside a green ring, chandeliers above and a crowd in evening dress behind a velvet rope

One Hundred and Fifty

One hundred and fifty years of standing correctly. He had not entered — the categories, he felt, were beneath him — but he attended each year with the quiet authority of a man who sets the benchmark by declining to compete.

31 January 2026