■^ Ascot Race Course 



Holder (2), Hayward (i), Watkins (i), Drew (i), Perry (5), 

 F. Adams (2), Bradley (r), Parsons (i), Lambourn (2), 

 Deacon (i), Payne (2), Kendall (i), Midgeley(r), Nightingall 

 (i), Mordan (4), Judd (i), Whiteley (2), Sharp (i), Murray 

 (2), Clark (i), Carroll (4), Cameron (Gold Cup and 3 others), 

 Peake (4), Thomas (i), Storr (i), Huxtable (5), Quince (i), 

 Fry(i), Hammond (i), Hudson (Gold Vase, 1869), Gradwell 

 (i), Marsh (i), Hunt (5). J. Adams' wins include the Ascot 

 and Wokingham Stakes, the Gold Vase (1865), and the 

 Hunt Cup. 



In 1864 H. Covey gained the Gold Cup, his successes 

 at Ascot numbering in all thirteen. Between 1863 and 

 1 88 1 Maidment won nineteen races, amongst them being 

 the Coronation, Prince of Wales', and Ascot Stakes, the 

 Gold Cup, and Her Majesty's Guineas. Morris secured 

 the Royal Hunt Cup in 1863, and, besides others, the 

 Wokingham, Prince of Wales', and New Stakes. Custance 

 numbers amongst his forty-one victories the Gold Cup, Gold 

 Vase, Alexandra Plate, and Queen's Stand Plate. Kenyon 

 won in three years eight Ascot races. Of Jeffrey's fourteen 

 successes the Hunt Cup in 1867 is the most important. 

 Parry had in 1866 won it and the Trial Stakes, to which 

 he added six other wins in later years. 



Though a native of Liverpool, Tom French may be 

 described as having been a Newmarket man, for he was 

 'reared in Golding's stable. His career was short and 

 brilliant. He burst almost immediately from obscurity into 

 popularity, and became a favourite of owners and the public 

 alike. French had no superior for finish of style among 

 his brethren, and his judgment of pace and his patience in 

 maintaining a long struggle were equally remarkable. Among 



331 



