WHIPS i6i 



naming VilHers by Thurio — Lady Clarendon, and 

 the Prince named Canopus to defend. Villiers 

 made all the running, and won by 15 lengths. 



The race for the Whip is the longest run under 

 Jockey Club rules ; it is run at the Second October 

 Meeting over the Beacon Course — 4 miles i fur- 

 long 177 yards. The weight to be carried is 10 

 stone, and the stakes 200 sovereigns a-side. The 

 Whip may be challenged for twice a year, and 

 the challenge must be accepted or the trophy 

 given up ; no challenge issued last October, but 

 the latter opportunity was taken by Lord Elles- 

 mere and Sir E. Cassell. Under the rules Mr. 

 Archibald Gold was obliged to accept the chal- 

 lenge or resign holdership of the Whip by 31st 

 July. Villiers having died, he adopted the latter 

 course, and thus the race was reduced to a match 

 as is usual. The first sheet calendar in October 

 contained the names of the horses nominated. 

 Lord Ellesmere's Ultimatum and Sir E. Cassell's 

 Gadfly to wit, and on the concluding day of the 

 Newmarket Second October Meeting, Gadfly 

 beat Ultimatum by four lengths, making Sir E. 

 Cassell holder of the Whip for the year. 



The Whip may not leave the United Kingdom. 

 It is a short, heavy, old-fashioned jockey whip ; 

 the hair interwoven and plaited through the ring 

 on the handle is from the tail of the famous 

 Eclipse. 



