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And for a ^20 Plate four ran : — 



Sir W. Wyndham's gr. g. . . Cricket. 



Lord Lifford's nutmeg g. . . Sharpes. 



Sir Thomas Palmer's b. g. . . Lumber. 



Mr. Newman's gr. g. . . . Have-a-Care. 



In the following year Her Majesty visited the new 

 course with a brilliant company to see the race for the 

 Queen's Plate, which took place on August 25th, 171 2. 

 There were six horses started, and four were distanced in 

 the first heat, the prize falling to " Robert Fagg, Esq., son 

 of Sir Robert Fagg, Baronet, of Sussex." 



This race had previously been announced in the London 

 Gazette, and in the same official journal we read another 

 announcement of a Plate of ^50 by subscription, which 

 was to be run for on the Ascot course, on Monday, 

 September ist. 



In 1 713 the conditions of the race for the Queen's 

 Plate of 100 guineas were the same as in previous years, but 

 it was arranged that should any difference arise it was to 

 be determined by '* the Hon. Conyers Darcey, Esquire, or 

 the Hon. Col. George Fielding, Esquire, Commissioners to 

 execute the office of Master of the Horse, or in their 

 absence by Richard Marshall, Esquire, Master of Her 

 Majesty's Stud." The race was run on August 12th in 

 the presence of the Queen. On the following day, a 

 ^50 Plate for horses that had never won ^100 since they 

 were six years old was competed for. In the same year a 

 " Windsor Town Plate of 20 guineas, open to any horse 

 carrying 10 St., that had never won ^30" was announced; 

 but neither the names of the competitors nor the winner 

 have come down to posterity. 



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