i6o WHIPS 



whose arms are engraved upon it. Lord 

 Dacre was created Earl of Sussex in 1674 by 

 Charles II. ; this young gentleman held some 

 appointment at court, and, "going the pace" 

 after the fashion of his age, lost his money 

 and part of his estates by gambling. It is be- 

 lieved that he gave the whip as a trophy to be 

 run for at Newmarket; he died in 17 15, and the 

 first recorded race for the "Challenge Whip" 

 came off in 1756, when Mr. Fenwick challenged, 

 naming Matchem by Cade, and easily won from 

 Mr. Bowles' Trajan. In 1764 H.R.H. the Duke 

 of Cumberland won it with Dumplin. 



Some of the best horses of their time have run 

 for the Whip ; in 1770 Gimcrack won it, beating 

 Pilgrim; in 1775 Sweet William won, beating 

 Transit; in 1777 Lord Grosvenor, the holder, 

 was challenged by the owner of Shark against 

 Mambrino, but Lord Grosvenor preferred to pay 

 100 guineas forfeit and keep the trophy : in 1778 

 Shark beat Dorimant, and in 1781 Lord Gros- 

 venor challenged for the Whip, naming Pot-8-os, 

 but his challenge was not taken up. Pot-8-os 

 and Dungannon won it in 1783 and 1786 re- 

 spectively. Thormanby, winner of the Derby in 

 i860, is one of the more modern winners of 

 the trophy. In 1895 Prince Soltykoff won with 

 Lorikeet, beating Glengall by six lengths : in the 

 following year, the prince not defending, Lord 

 Derby won with Dingle Bay, who beat Mr 

 Leopold de Rothschild's Bevil by a long head. 

 Mr. Archibald Gold was the last holder of the 

 Whip. He challenged Prince Soltykoff in 1899, 



