A replica 'Kentucky 1872' commemorative snuff box, a circular, screw top metallic snuff box measuring 7cm., 2 3/4in. in diameter, the base is engraved

A replica 'Kentucky 1872' commemorative snuff box, a circular, screw top metallic snuff box measuring 7cm., 2 3/4in. in diameter, the base is engraved LONGFELLOW WINNER OF THE AMERICAB MONMOUTH CUP 1872 - PRESENETED TO UNCLE JOHN HARPER FROM THE KENTUCKY GENTLEMANS ASSOCIATION 3RD SEPTEMBER 1872, The lid has an relief engraved scene showing two racehorses and their jockeys, neck and neck, about to pass the finishing line; together with a hinged-lid white metal vesta case formed in the shape of a horses hoof, with applied 'Mother of Pearl' decoration, 6.5 by 5cm. 2 ? by 2in. ''Longfellow'' (1867-1893) was one of America's first great Thoroughbred racehorses and the sire of great racehorses. A legend in his own time, he was out of the first crop of the outstanding imported English stallion Leamington. Longfellow was owned, bred, and trained by Uncle John Harper of Nantura Stock Farm in Midway, Kentucky. Longfellow stood 17 hands tall and was said to have a 26-foot stride.