3-028-371 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Guards' Cup, Windsor Races, 1870. 'The prize at the Windsor Races, on Monday, for the race run by the horses belonging to officers of the Household Brigade, all ridden by their owners or other gentlemen, was won by Captain C. White's Tinderbox, ridden by Captain Harford. He came in at a canter, ten lengths before his competitors, the nearest of these being Lord C. J. Kerr's Blondin and Mr. Mence's Earl of Essex. The value of the cup and sweepstakes is £575. The cup itself, shown in our Illustration, is a richly-chased silver vase, manufactured by Messrs. Fraser and Haws, of Waterloo-place. On its base stand the figures of soldiers, two mounted and two on foot, of the regiments of Guards. The body of the vase is oval, chased in relief with a spirited design of the race, and with handles of a graceful form. It is surmounted by an imperial crown and the flags of the several regiments'. From "Illustrated London News", 1870.