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Lot Essay
In addition to being very fine examples of the artist's work, it is remarkable that the original labels (attached to the reverses and illustrated above) survive.
The Forest Stakes was first run in 1846 and continued until at least the 1870s. The 1847 race was run with a stake of 3 sovereigns and with a purse of not less than 20 sovereigns added. There were eight runners: Mr J Brown's Hipbriar (ridden by the owner in scarlet); Mr Bruce's Sir William (ridden by Bradley in yellow); Mr Tempest's Yellow Dwarf (ridden by Stagg in green); Major Letsome's Cricket (ridden by W.H. Turner in blue); Mr Bennett's Wheeler (ridden by J. Parker in white); Mr Barber's Hampton Lacey (ridden by the owner in blue with red sleeves); Mr Mason's Rebecca (ridden by J. Pursell in pink with a blue cap): and Mr Cary's Blue Bell (ridden by the owner in white with red sleeves). Races such as this were dangerous affairs, as the labels record:
1: Upon the signal being given, Wheeler, Cricket, and Hipbriar: went to the front. Sir William/, Yellow Dwarf, and Rebecca following. Bluebell lying back, and Hampton Lacy dropping off two or three hundred yards within the mile, gradually increasing his distance in the rear to the finish.
2: Rebecca who seemed beaten, blundered at the fence, fell over it into the next field, and broke her back, after this the pace, which had been good all the way, became severe, Hipbriar leading.
3: Hampton Lacy a considerable way behind, and here another fatal casualty was caused by Wheeler, Who was running strongly, over reaching himself as he alighted after clearing the fence, which tore off a shoe, and rolling him over in two or three summersils, in which his spine was broken. Blue Bell fell apon her rider.
4: This reduced the field to four, and Sir William now made an effort, passed Cricket, who dropped away ? beaten and took the second place, he made every effort to reach Hipbriar who won easily by three or four lengths. Yellow Dwarf was third, beaten by twenty lengths, with (sic.) Cricket pulled up and walked to the flag.
The Forest Stakes was first run in 1846 and continued until at least the 1870s. The 1847 race was run with a stake of 3 sovereigns and with a purse of not less than 20 sovereigns added. There were eight runners: Mr J Brown's Hipbriar (ridden by the owner in scarlet); Mr Bruce's Sir William (ridden by Bradley in yellow); Mr Tempest's Yellow Dwarf (ridden by Stagg in green); Major Letsome's Cricket (ridden by W.H. Turner in blue); Mr Bennett's Wheeler (ridden by J. Parker in white); Mr Barber's Hampton Lacey (ridden by the owner in blue with red sleeves); Mr Mason's Rebecca (ridden by J. Pursell in pink with a blue cap): and Mr Cary's Blue Bell (ridden by the owner in white with red sleeves). Races such as this were dangerous affairs, as the labels record:
1: Upon the signal being given, Wheeler, Cricket, and Hipbriar: went to the front. Sir William/, Yellow Dwarf, and Rebecca following. Bluebell lying back, and Hampton Lacy dropping off two or three hundred yards within the mile, gradually increasing his distance in the rear to the finish.
2: Rebecca who seemed beaten, blundered at the fence, fell over it into the next field, and broke her back, after this the pace, which had been good all the way, became severe, Hipbriar leading.
3: Hampton Lacy a considerable way behind, and here another fatal casualty was caused by Wheeler, Who was running strongly, over reaching himself as he alighted after clearing the fence, which tore off a shoe, and rolling him over in two or three summersils, in which his spine was broken. Blue Bell fell apon her rider.
4: This reduced the field to four, and Sir William now made an effort, passed Cricket, who dropped away ? beaten and took the second place, he made every effort to reach Hipbriar who won easily by three or four lengths. Yellow Dwarf was third, beaten by twenty lengths, with (sic.) Cricket pulled up and walked to the flag.