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Reign of Queen Victoria, 1 837-1 901 



cession, the absence of the Princess of Wales owing to the 

 death of the Queen of Denmark, and the death of Prince 

 Alfred of Saxe-Coburg. The Prince of Wales, who stayed 

 at Ascot Heath House for the race week, walked over with 

 the Duke of Cambridge. The Duke and Duchess of 

 Connaught, the Duke and Duchess of York, Prince Christian, 

 and the Grand Duke Michael Michaelovitch of Russia also 

 graced the Royal Stand. 



The racing on the whole was good. Some disappoint- 

 ment was felt that the Gold Vase did not fill, but most of 

 the other races produced fair fields. The Ascot Stakes fell 

 to Lord Rosebery's Tom Cringle by a neck. There were 

 only sixteen starters for the Hunt Cup, and the race 

 resulted in an interesting finish between Refractor, Eager, 



and Knight of the Thistle. Eager was favourite, and 

 touched 100 to 30 before the flag fell, but the heavy weights 



