Royal Ascot 



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Course and Secretary to the Trustees the office of Starter, 

 the duties of Clerk of the Scales being taken by Mr. James 

 Manning. 



To take up again our thread of reminiscences. The 

 Queen was not present at Ascot in 1S46, owing to the birth 

 of a daughter, and there was consequently no Royal Pro- 

 cession. The " royal " contingent, however, was represented 

 by the Shah of Persia, Ibrahim Pasha, and suite. In the 

 race for the Emperor's Cup Mr, Greville's Alarni carried 

 off the honours. 



As if to make up for the poorness of the meeting of 

 1846, that of the following year was unusually brilliant, the 

 company particularly numerous, the racing good, and the 

 weather bright and free from rain. The royal cavalcade on 

 Tuesday included a great number of eminent personages. 

 Amid waving of hats and vociferous tokens of loyalty the 

 procession passed up the course, headed by the Master of 

 the Buckhounds, Lord Granville, closely followed by the 

 Royal grooms in scarlet, and immediately behind were the 

 open Royal carriages. The first conveyed Her Majesty 

 the Queen, the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar, 

 the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, and the Prince 

 of Lucca; the second— Prince Albert, the Hereditary Grand 

 Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Prince George, the Prince of 

 Leiningen, and Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar ; the third — 

 the Duchess of Sutherland, the Lady-in-Waiting, Viscountess 

 Canning, Baron de Brunnow (the Russian Minister), and 

 the Duke of Norfolk ; the fourth — the Duchess of Bedford, 

 the Countess of Assenburg, the Duke of Wellington, and 

 the Duke of Bedford ; the fifth — the Marchioness of Nor- 

 manby, Viscountess Palmerston, Count Revel (the Sardinian 



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