425 A printed announcement for Blyth and Seaton Sluice races 23rd & 24th July 1832,


woodcut engraving and details of race conditions, printed by W Fordyce, Newcastle; sold with printed words for a Geordie folksong titled Newcastle Races (a new song, tune ‘Abraham Newland’), the chorus being:


There’s nowse, mun, like Newcastle Races,


Folks may talk till they’re black i’ their faces;


But for gam’, mun, an’ drink, I maek bould te think, There’s nowse like wor Newcastle Races (2)


£150 - 250


427 A very early surviving Liverpool racecard for the October Meeting of 1836, three years before the inauguration of the Grand National, the card for Monday 10th October consisting of three Hurdle Sweepstakes and a Hurdle Match Race for 50 sovs., laid down on card £200 - 300


428 The racecard presented to Emperor Nicholas I of Russia on the occasion of his first visit to Ascot on Gold Cup Day 6th June 1844, a special edition of Wetton’s Authentic Card of Ascot Races with wide, decorative embossed margins, the reverse with manuscript annotation reading THIS CARD WAS IN THE POSSESSION OF THE EMPEROR NICHOLAS OF RUSSIA WHEN HE WAS PRESENT AT ASCOT RACES JUNE 6th 1844, further inscribed with details that it was presented by a friend of the Emperor to an individual at Windsor Castle


In 1844 Nicholas I of Russia was making a state visit to England and attended Ascot Races on Gold Cup day. That year’s winner was unnamed at the time of his victory, but he was given the name ‘The Emperor’ in honour of the visiting monarch. In return Nicholas offered a new trophy for the race - the ‘Emperor’s Plate’ - and this became the title of the event for a short period. Its original name was restored after nine years, during the Crimean War. £350 - 450


429 Three Sussex racecards dating from the 1850s,


426 Printed results for the Doncaster St Leger meeting of 1836 including the famous win by “Elis” and also “Touchstone’s” second Cup win,


printed by G. Brooks, Doncaster, mounted, framed & glazed, 48 by 58cm., 19 by 23in,; sold together with a Parkinson’s tin decorated with a scene of the 1836 St Leger (2) £200 - 300


Goodwood (Goodwood Cup & Sussex Stakes) 1st August 1850, and 1st August 1856 (Chesterfield Cup & Nassau Stakes); and a card for Brighton Races 4th August 1852


428 £150 - 250


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