■^ Reign of Queen Victoria, 1 837-1 901 



Wild, Florizel II., and Sir Visto assembled at the post to 

 contest the principal Ascot prize. The French horse, 

 Omnium II., was thought to have very good chances, but 

 Victor Wild was the popular favourite. There was, there- 

 fore, keen disappointment among the supporters of the 

 people's candidate, and some surprise also, when, after 

 Omnium II. had been ahead most of the way, Mr. Hamar 

 Bass's Love Wisely came to the front and won easily. 



Good luck attended the fortunes of M. de St. Alary on 

 the first day of the Ascot week. His horse Arlequin 

 made an easy win in the Ascot Stakes by ten lengths. 

 His owner was not present to see him take the chief 

 event of the programme, having that morning successfully 

 fought an affair of honour in France. 



Mr. Coventry had considerable trouble in starting the 

 horses for the Hunt Cup, and more than half an hour 

 was wasted before they could be fairly sent off; the race 

 resulted in a popular win for Lord Rosebery's Quarrel. 



Mr. Brassey's Pride also deserves mention, winning 

 the Gold Vase and the Alexandra Stakes. 



The unusually brilliant weather that prevailed throughout 

 the time of the national celebrations of Queen Victoria's 

 Diamond Jubilee had set in prior to the Ascot Meeting, 

 and consequently the week's racing was carried through under 

 a clear sky, and amid all the pomp and circumstance of State. 



In the Royal Procession were their Royal Highnesses 

 the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke of Saxe-Coburg 

 and Gotha, the Princess Victoria of Wales, the Duke and 

 Duchess of York, Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein, the 

 Crown Prince of Denmark, the Duke of Cambridge, and 

 Prince Christian. 



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