Equestrian-related correspondence from Lord Decies and to Lord Lonsdale, circa 1932, handwritten note from Lord Decies in black ink on letterhead, relating to a polo match at Stamford Bridge; a typed note to Lord Lonsdale on letterhead from the Evening Standard relating to Orwell the Derby favourite in the Irish Sweepstakes, (2) John Beresford, 5th Baron Decies (1866-1944), was an Anglo-Irish army officer, civil servant and polo player. In the 1900 Paris Olympic Games, he played on the Foxhunters Hurlingham team who won the polo event. Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale (1857-1944), was an English Peer, sportsman, founding member and first President of the National Sporting Club. In 1909, he donated the original Lonsdale Belt for the boxing championship trophy. Unusually, Orwell was not officially named and registered until the beginning of his three-year-old career and until then was known only as the 'Golden Hair Colt' after his dam. He won five successive races as a two-year-old in 1931 and, after victory in the Two Thousand Guineas, was made favourite for the 1932 Derby, where he finished a disappointing ninth. Before this there were rumours that Orwell would be prevented from running and he was subject to strict security on the day of the race.
£80 - £120
Equestrian-related correspondence from Lord Decies and to Lord Lonsdale, circa 1932, handwritten note from Lord Decies in black ink on letterhead, relating to a polo match at Stamford Bridge; a typed note to Lord Lonsdale on letterhead from the Evening Standard relating to Orwell the Derby favourite in the Irish Sweepstakes, (2) John Beresford, 5th Baron Decies (1866-1944), was an Anglo-Irish army officer, civil servant and polo player. In the 1900 Paris Olympic Games, he played on the Foxhunters Hurlingham team who won the polo event. Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale (1857-1944), was an English Peer, sportsman, founding member and first President of the National Sporting Club. In 1909, he donated the original Lonsdale Belt for the boxing championship trophy. Unusually, Orwell was not officially named and registered until the beginning of his three-year-old career and until then was known only as the 'Golden Hair Colt' after his dam. He won five successive races as a two-year-old in 1931 and, after victory in the Two Thousand Guineas, was made favourite for the 1932 Derby, where he finished a disappointing ninth. Before this there were rumours that Orwell would be prevented from running and he was subject to strict security on the day of the race.