3-047-054 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Household Brigade Steeplechase Cup, 1872. 'A handsome silver cup has been manufactured by Messrs. Widdowson and Veale, to commemorate the steeplechases between officers of the Guards, which took place at Windsor last March. The cup, which is beautifully chased and stands 31 in. high, has "flag" handles representing the colours of the several regiments. The cover is surmounted by a mounted officer of the Horse Guards; the panels illustrate the steeplechase in oxydised silver; and on each side at the base, on an ebony stand, is a figure of a Grenadier Guard done in frosted silver, similar to the figure of the mounted officer. At the base are the arms of the Grenadier and Life Guards, and on the obverse is the inscription, "Household Brigade Cup, 1872. Run over the Windsor Steeplechase Course, March 4th. Won by Mr. W. H. Pickford's (Grenadier Guards) b. m. Discord, 5 yrs., by Trumpeter or Canary out of Jealousy; beating a field of ten others." On the reverse are the words - "Admirably ridden by Owen George, Esq, 1st Life Guards".' From "Illustrated London News", 1872.