-»> Reign of Queen Victoria, 1 837-1 901 



the requisite 5 lb., the stakes went to the owner of The 

 Deputy. 



" The Gold Vase, given by Her Majesty, added to a 

 sweepstakes of 25 sovereigns each, tor 3-year-olds." in 1838, 

 became in 1839 " Her Majesty's Silver Vase, added to a 

 sweepstakes of 20 sovereigns each, for 3-year-olds and 

 upwards; two miles." In 1S40 the Gold Vase was again 

 in the Programme^ when Mr. Pettit won with St. Francis, 

 and that owner had the remarkably good fortune on the 

 following day, to secure the Gold Cup with the same 

 horse. 



It might be mentioned here that, from an advertisement 

 of the Ascot meeting, we find the prices for adniission 

 were, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, 5s. ; Thursday, los.; 

 weekly ticket, ^i ; while the 100 shareholders in the 

 Grand Stand had free admission there and to the lawn on 

 presenting their silver tickets, which had been provided by 

 Messrs. Garrard — the makers of the Cups. 



On February 10th, 1840, the Queen was married to 

 Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and on June i6th, 

 when the Royal couple appeared they were greeted with 

 deafening cheers from every part of the Course. In 

 marked contrast to this demonstration of love and loyalty 

 on the part of the people toward the Queen and her 

 Consort, Lord Melbourne, who was Prime Minister, came 

 in for a perfect storm of hisses and a torrent of abuse. 



In the race for the Wokingham Stakes there were 

 eleven starters, and considerable interest was taken in the 

 event. It was won by Lord Exeter's Hellespont by half 

 a length. The rider of the Nonsense filly caused much 

 comment. He was a little boy barely 11 years of age, and 



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