A Group of Tickets and Passes Related to Horse Racing
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CAMBRIDGESHIRE/SUFFOLK, Newmarket, silver [c. 1805], unsigned, two racehorses passing winning post, HAMBLETONIAN above, DIAMOND below, rev. racehorse left, SANCHO above, 34mm, 15.97g (W 1620; D & W 313/53-4 obv.; cf. DNW 138, 3182). A pocket-piece, about fine, very rare
£200-£300
The obverse alludes to the well-known contest, staged on the Beacon course at Newmarket on Monday 25 March 1799, between Hambletonian and Diamond. Sancho (1801-9), a bay owned and bred by Col. Henry Mellish, had a conspicuous run of success in 1804-5 when ridden by Frank Buckle, including the 1804 St Leger at Doncaster. The horse was stabled at Newmarket for the 1805 season, in which victories included the 3,000 guineas at Lewes in August; ironically, at the same meeting the following year, when leading easily with 10 furlongs remaining, the horse broke down, signalling the end of a short career on the flat
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LONDON, Holborn, The Jockey Club, oval silver, JOCKEY CLUB, rev. named (Lt. Colonel J.D. Hornung), 37 x 20mm, 12.34g (W –; DNW 138, –). Very fine; with loop for suspension
£40-£60
Sir John Derek Hornung, OBE (1915-78), lived at Horsham; 2nd Lt, Irish Guards, 1936; served in France and North-West Europe, gaining the rank of Lt-Col, 1944; High Sheriff of Sussex, 1962; chairman of Sena Sugar Estates Ltd, 1964; Lt of the Yeoman of the Guard, 1971; owner of the West Grinstead Stud
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NORTHUMBERLAND, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle Grand Stand, 1800, silver, unsigned, grandstand, rev. horse standing right, held by a jockey, named (His Grace the Duke of Northumberland), 31mm, 15.05g (W 1545; D & W 323/17; cf. DNW 157, 1319-20). Pierced for suspension, very fine and toned, very rare Provenance: With Spink 1965.
£300-£400
Lt-General Hugh Percy, née Smithson, 2nd Duke of Northumberland (1742-1817), Alnwick Castle, acceded to the title 1786, and in later life was one of the richest men in England; Capt, 85th Regt of Foot, 1759, present at the battles of Bergen and Minden; St John’s College, Cambridge, 1760-3; Whig MP for Westminster, 1763-76; ADC to George III, 1764; Col, 5th Regt of Foot (Northumberland Fusiliers), 1768-84, serving in the American War of Independence, 1774-7, leading the relief column at the battle of Lexington and Concord and present at the battle of Long Island and the storming of Fort Washington before resigning his commission; Capt and Col of the 2nd Troop, Grenadier Guards, 1784-8; Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland 1786-98 and 1802-17; Col of the Royal Horse Guards, 1806-13
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NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, Nottingham, [Nottingham Racecourse], uniface oval engraved silver, named (Lord Lincoln, No. 68), 42 x 31mm, 9.37g (W 1577; DNW 138, –). Stained, otherwise about very fine, extremely rare
£240-£300
Henry Fiennes Pelham Clinton, KG, PC, 2nd Duke of Newcastle (1720-94), who had the reputation of being ‘the most handsome man in England’, acceded to the title 1768; auditor of the Exchequer, 1751-94; Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire 1768-94; creator of Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire.
Racing at Nottingham, on the Forest ground, a mile north of the city centre and in actuality the most southern part of Sherwood Forest, was well-established early in the reign of George III. Race meetings continued to be staged there until the present-day course was opened at Colwick in 1892
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