A Fine Collection of Racing Tickets and Passes, the Property of a North Country Collector

KENT, Barham, Barham Downs, New Stand, an engraved silver pass, racehorses galloping right towards winning-post, stand in background, rev. named (Sir Charles Farnaby Bart.), 34mm, 10.18g (W –; D & W –). Very fine and exceptionally rare; with ring for suspension £600-800

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: Baldwin FPL 1999 (158).

Sir Charles Farnaby[-Radcliffe], 3rd Bt (1740-98), Keppington, Kent, MP for East Grinstead 1765-8, Kent 1769-74

Racing was staged at Barham Downs, north of the village of the same name and mid-way between Canterbury and Folkestone, as far back as 1729. The cricket bat-shaped course is recorded as having a ‘commodious stand’ and patrons included Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The last races were held in August 1879