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

LINCOLNSHIRE, Lincoln, Lincoln County Race Club, 1949, an enamelled brass badge by W.O. Lewis, back stamped 76; Lincoln County Race Club, 1952, an enamelled brass badge by W.O. Lewis, back stamped 159; MIDDLESEX, Alexandra Park, Middlesex County Race Club, 1931, an enamelled brass badge by W.O. Lewis, back stamped 131; Northolt, Northolt Park Racecourse, 1938, Members Enclosure, Private Stand, an enamelled brass badge by W.O. Lewis, back stamped 490; AYRSHIRE, Irvine, Bogside Race Club, 1962, an enamelled brass badge by W.O. Lewis, back stamped 34; LANARKSHIRE, Lanark, Lanark Race Club, 1953, an enamelled brass badge by W.O. Lewis, back stamped A 124; Lanark Race Club, 1977, an enamelled nickel badge, unsigned, stamped 144 [7]. The 1953 Lanark fine, others very fine and better £50-70

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.

View
Collection

Horse racing was staged at Lincoln as far back as the 1720s and the city corporation established the modern course in 1773; it closed in 1965. Middlesex County Race Club operated the racecourse at Alexandra Park, which opened in June 1868 and closed in 1970. Colloquially known as ‘the frying pan’ on account of its shape, it was a firm favourite of the TV pundit John McCririck. Northolt Park racecourse, the brainchild of Sir William Bass and Viscount Lascelles and considered the home of pony racing, opened in May 1929, but the course was only in use for 11 years, closing in June 1940. Bogside racecourse, situated outside Irvine, opened in June 1808 and closed in April 1965. The New Course, outside Lanark, opened in 1909. Regarded by jockeys and trainers alike as a tricky, if not dangerous course, the last meeting was held there in October 1977