Handicap Collection

Highwood School, Brentwood, Essex
The administration block at Highwood (or High Wood) School, Brentwood, Essex. The school was opened by the Metropolitan Asylums Board in 1904 for the treatment of ophthalmia in children

Emeryson Jaguar at Goodwood, England
1st Handicap Sports race, Paul Emerys Emeryson Jaguar in the pits at Goodwood, England Easter 19th April 1954. Date: 1954

Highwood Hospital, Brentwood, Essex
Aerial view of Highwood (or High Wood) Hospital, Brentwood, Essex, used for the care of children with tuberculosis. The site was originally opened by the Metropolitan Asylums Board in 1904 for

Highwood Hospital, Brentwood, Essex
Children with tuberculosis at Highwood (or High Wood) Hospital, Brentwood, Essex. Beds were placed on the balconies to provide sun and fresh air

A Lincolnshire Handicap by Heath Robinson
A race between cranes at the test ground of excavation specialists, Ruston-Bucyrus, who commissioned the ingenious Heath Robinson to draw a number of comical engineering drawings for a booklet

Racing Caricatures
Caricatures by The Tout of leading figures at the Lincoln Handicap horserace. Date: 1925

Poster, Brooklands Motor Course, Weybridge, Surrey, The British Mountain Handicap, Britain's Richest Car Race, Easter Monday, 13 April 1936. Date: 1936

Christmas Morning Swimming Handicap in Serpentine 1906
Various scenes of the annual competition at Serpentine lake at Hyde Park, London on Christmas day morning. Date: 1906

Racecourse in Australia or New Zealand -- showing the finishing line for the 3rd race in the Yarmouth Handicap, Cup Day, 9 August, with Nark coming first and The Lad coming second

Motor racing drivers Henry Birkin with Malcolm Campbell
Motor racing drivers Sir Henry Birkin with Sir Malcolm Campbell before the start of a handicap race at Brooklands, Surrey. 20th century

Ministre winning at Lewes racecourse, Sussex
Ministre winning the Southdown Welter Handicap at Lewes racecourse, Sussex. Date: circa 1903

Lord Lothian and Lady Astor play a golf tournament
Over eighty politicians gathered at Walton Heath to contest the early rounds of the Parliamentary Handicap. Lady Astor was the only female competitor and beat Lord Lothian on the last green

The vogue of squash rackets: a game for both sexes
A page from the Illustrated London News in 1922, describing the new vogue for squash. Miss Joyce Cave(lady squash champion of 1921) and Miss S

All-Weather Golf
A woman golfer being taught how to hit the ball properly at Milbury Court all weather indoor golf club. Date: early 1930s

Start of the speed handicap final at the aerial derby, Hendon, 8 June 1912. From left: Cody (Michelin Cup Biplane), Raynham (ABC Burgess-Wright) and Turner (Grahame-White Biplane)

Cesarewitch Handicap race, Newmarket
The close finish between Willonyx (nearest horse) and Martingale II at the 1911 Cesarewitch Handicap race at Newmarket racecourse, Suffolk. 1911

Fruiterers Sports Day, Crystal Palace, London

Cheltenham Races at Prestbury Park
Amersham jumping the final fence in the Amateur Handicap Hurdle Race at the Cheltenham Steeplechase Clubs Autumn Meeting at Prestbury Park. 1911

Lucifer Monoplane in the Aerial Derby Handicap, 1922
Photograph showing a Lucifer monoplane, piloted by L.L. Carter, crossing the line to take first place in the Aerial Derby Handicap Race, Croydon, 1922

Grakle at the Winchester Handicap Steeplechase, 1927
Photograph showing the racehorse Grakle jumping the last fence of the Winchester Steeplechase on his way to winning the race

Surgery Cures Handicap
SATIRE:RESULTS OF ETHER - surgery as a cure-all: crippled man reconstructed by skillful surgeon

Brighton Horse Racing
Happy Haven wins the Pavilion Handicap race at Brighton, from Bally-Conneely and Cabouchon

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