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TRING STEEPLE CHASE Wednesday Stewards: Sir John Dashwood, Bart.; Baron M. de Rothschild; William Metcalfe, Esq.
The Birmingham Railway, as all travellers, of course, are aware, brings one in about an hour and three-quarters to the Tring Station. The little town of Tring, beautifully situated on the borders of Hertfordshire, is distant from the station about a mile and a half. An excellent hotel is immediately adjoining the station, the Harcourt Arms [later the Royal Hotel], under the management of Mr. Brown, a gentleman well known to all the sporting men of the neighbourhood as one of the most active and zealous among them in supporting all measures connected with the pleasures of the chase. The Harcourt Arms was on Wednesday last the general place of rendezvous. As this, however, is the first steeple-chase that has ever taken place at Tring, it will be necessary for us to enter a little more minutely into details than on ordinary occasions it would be requisite for us to do. ...
Personal Names Mr Anderson - owner of Carlow Mr Barker of Tring Mr Barnett - owner of Box-keeper Mr [John] Brown - owner of Harcourt Arms - owner of Premier Mr Clarke - owner of Little Robert Sir John Dashwood, Bart. - Steward Mr Dixon - owner of Ragihan?? Mr Robert Ekins - owner of Fourty Two Mr W. Ekins - owner of Duenna? Mr Elmore - owner of Lottery Mr Fowler of Aylesbury Mr B. H. - owner of Student Mr Hunter - owner of Creeper Mr Land - owner of Needwood Mr Langham - owner of Tom Tag Mr Mead - owner of Paddy William Metcalfe, Esq. - steward Mr Oldacre - judge Mr Powell - owner of Roulette Baron M. de Rothschild - Steward - owner of Squib Mr Woodman, farmer of Tring
Aylesbury Birmingham Railway Bulbourne Road Brook [The stream in Brook Street] Grand Junction Canal Gunnel [Gamnel] Farm Harcourt Arms (later Royal Hotel) Icknield (Roman Road) Long Marston Road Marchcroft [Marshcroft] Lane Park Hill Farm Parsonage House Pendley Park Pond Closes Tring Tring Station
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