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NORTHUMBERLAND, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle Grand Stand, 1800, a silver pass, unsigned, grandstand, rev. horse standing right, held by a jockey, named (Sir Jno. Lawson Bart.), 31mm, 15.38g (W 1545; D & W 323/17; cf. DNW T11, 572). Pierced for suspension and with original brown cord, about very fine and very rare
£300-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Racing Tickets and Passes, the Property of a North Country Collector.

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Provenance: Bt S.H. Monks.

Sir John Lawson, 5th Bt (1744-1811), Brough Hall, Catterick, Yorkshire, racehorse owner.

Racing in the north-east began at Killingworth in the mid-17th century. The grandstand was erected on Town Moor in 1800 and racing was staged there until 1881 when contests were moved to Gosforth Park, where racing continues to this day