THE ASCOT GOLD CUP, 1920

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THE ASCOT GOLD CUP, 1920

A GOLD CUP AND COVER
MAKER'S MARK OF SEBASTIAN GARRARD, LONDON, 1920, 18 CT.

OF CAMPANA FORM AND ON SPREADING CIRCULAR FOOT WITH FLUTED KNOP, THE BODY APPLIED WITH CAST DOUBLE SERPENT AND SATYR MASK HANDLES AND CHASED WITH A BAND OF GREEK KEY ORNAMENT, THE WAISTED DOMED COVER WITH EGG-AND-DART BORDER AND BUD FINIAL, THE FOOT, BODY AND COVER CHASED WITH BANDS OF ACANTHUS LEAVES, ENGRAVED WITH INSCRIPTION, MARKED ON BODY AND COVER, WITH EBONISED WOOD PLINTH APPLIED WITH GILT TITLE
'ASCOT 1920' - height of cup and cover 14¼in. (36cm.)
69ozs. (2,162grs.)

The inscription reads 'ASCOT GOLD CUP 1920, WON BY 'TANGIERS', BRED AND OWNED BY SIR WILLIAM NELSON BT., TRAINED BY R. C. DAWSON ESQ., RIDDEN BY G. HULME'

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THE ASCOT GOLD CUP, 1920 WAS RUN ON THE 17TH JUNE THAT YEAR, BY A FIELD OF 6. THE ODDS-ON FAVOURITE WAS LORD ASTOR'S BUCHAN, AND ALTHOUGH LEADING INTO THE HOME STRAIGHT, IT HUNG WIDE AND IMPEDED TANGIERS, WHO HAD TO BE SWITCHED. BUCHAN WON BY A NECK BUT WAS DISQUALIFIED, WITH THE RESULT THAT TANGIERS BECAME THE WINNER. THE ACTUAL CUP WAS WORTH ¨500 IN 1920, WITH AN ADDITIONAL ¨3,040 IN CASH GIVEN TO THE SUCCESSFUL OWNER, SIR WILLIAM NELSON BT.

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