Lot 178 , John Beer (c.1860-c.1930), 'The Finish for the Royal Hunt Cup - Ascot, 1909'

John Beer (c.1860-c.1930)
'The Finish for the Royal Hunt Cup - Ascot, 1909',
signed and titled lower right,
watercolour and bodycolour,
24.5cm x 35cm

The Royal Hunt Cup is a flat handicap horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres). The 1909 race was won by Dark Ronald, who also won the Princess of Wales's Stakes at Newmarket in the same year.
The event was established in 1843, and it was originally contested on a right-handed course over 7 furlongs and 166 yards. The inaugural running was won by Knight of the Whistle, with a triple dead-heat for second between Bourra Tomacha, Epaulette, and Garry Owen.

£150-250
Provenance: The Tanyards Collection, East Sussex