Racing Collection (#38)

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

Mercury Sea Scouts rowing an open cutter. 1912

Coronation 1953, driving up the Ascot course on Gold Cup day
The traditional pageantry of the royal arrival at Royal Ascot; the newly crowned Queen Elizabeth II driving up the course in an open landau carriage on Gold Cup day, 18 June 1953

The Sleigh Race. Two couples racing horse-drawn sleighs on the snow in winter Date: 1859

Mrs Kempton bids farewell to Mick the Miller
Mrs Arundel Kempton, owner of the legendary champion greyhound Mick the Miller at Liverpool Street Station. Having run his last race, he was off to Norfolk for stud duties. Date: 1931

Greyhound racing and dinner at White City
The White City stadium restaurant where diners could eat in luxury while watching the greyhound racing on the track below. Date: 1931

Yacht Racing before the Venice Lido, Venice, Italy circa 1907

Starter caught at the Tote
The Starter who was Caught at the Tote by Patrick Bellew. The massed ranks of punters, jockeys, policeman and even a horse react with undiluted horror at the sight of the race starter placing a bet

Spitalfields Annual Festival
A basket race at the annual fair at Spitalfields Market, London. mid 1970s

Silhouette of horseracing scene
Silhouette of a horseracing scene, showing four jockeys and their horses in profile, leaping a tall hedge. Each jockey is wearing different colours

500 miles world record beaten at Brooklands, 1931
J. Dundee finishing first driving the Bentley of Captain Woolf Barnato, which averaged a speed of 118.39 miles per hour over the 500 mile race at Brooklands race track in 1931. Date: 1931

Silhouettes of various Derby Day scenes, including a gipsy caravan, a fairground caller with a coconut shy, a photographer, a bookmaker at a racecourse, people enjoying a picnic

Gojee game advertisement
Advertisement for the game, Gojee, bringing the Grand National to your own dining room table. Date: 1931

Canadian National Exhibition - Motor Racing
Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto - 1914. Motor Racing - the finish line before the Grandstand. Date: 1914

Cycle race in Malmo
Cycle race, Malmo, Sweden about 1910. Date: 1910

Bugatti 3. 3
Italian racing car popular in Britain because it conforms to the new Grand Prix specification - engine any size, but weight under 750 kg. Date: 1936

Final Lap Bell
Cycle racing : Ringing the final lap bell, Nations Cup, Scotland. Date: 1980

Racing at Bellewstown
Horse Racing over jumps at Bellewstown Racecourse near Dublin. Date: 1909

The Jockey Club, Newmarket Date: circa 1930s

Racing Cyclist
A racing cyclist. Date: 1980s

Horse Racing - Won in a Canter. The victor in this race trots back to the paddock having taken the win. The jockey has been adorned with a victory wreath. Date: circa 1920s

Greyhounds racing round a track, seen here in the air as they leap a low hedge. Three men watch from behind a fence. Date: early 20th century

Whippets. A whippet stands with its tail between its legs as two whippets race each other in the background Date: 20th century

Malton, Yorkshire

Riley Racing Car
The Riley two-litre racing car has had several successes, both with the factory team and independent racing driver Freddie Dixon. Date: 1936

Maserati Racing Car
An archetypal racing car designed to meet the German challenge. Date: 1936

New Zealand Races
Final Command wins the Perek Cup horse race at Auckland, New Zealand. Date: 1960s

Mercedes-Benz Racer
The most successful racing car of 1935. Date: 1936

Auto-Union Racing Car
The car with which Germany will win eight out of thirteen Grand Prix races. Date: 1936

E. R. A. 1. 5 LITRE
English Racing Automobiles produce a truly British racing car - and successful, too, winning many races in its class (1500 cc). Date: 1936

Sleigh Racing at St. Petersburgh, Russia, 1877
Engraving showing a horse-drawn sleigh race in progress in St. Petersburgh, Russia, in 1877. This image shows two men riding the sleigh, round a tight corner. Date: 26 May 1877

Sir Henry Birkin
Sir Henry Ralph Stanley Tim Birkin, 3rd Baronet (26 July 1896 - 22 June 1933) was a British racing driver, one of the Bentley Boys of the 1920s

Silverstone Motor Race
Motor racing at the Formula Ford B.R.D.C. (British Racing Drivers Club) Championships, Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England. Date: 1980s

FLICA YACHT
The Flica International Rule 12 Metre Class Racing Yacht, built by Camper & Nicolson in 1929, designed by Sir Richard Fairey. Here flying her flags at the end of her 1933 win

Cycling Winners Rostrum
Two happy cyclists waving from the Winners Rostrum of the Nations Cup, Scotland. Date: 1980

Sprint Cyclists
Sprint cyclists, nose to tail on the cycle race track, Nations Cup, Scotland. Date: 1980

Goodwood Stewards Cup
Pharacre winning the Stewards Cup at Goodwood racecourse, Sussex, England. Date: 25 July 1933

Cycle Race Push Start
A cyclist is given a push start at the beginning of the Nations Cup cycle race, Scotland. Date: 1980

Cycle Race Starting Gun
An old man in a peaked cap blows the starting whistle and fires his gun at the start of the Nations Cup cycle race, Scotland. Date: 1980

Greyhound Race Meeting
A greyhound race meeting, England. Date: circa 1980

Sports Car Posers
A couple posing with a classic racing green MGB sports car. Introduced in 1962, the MGB was originally available only as a convertible and proved to be an immediate hit. Date: 1960s

Motocross Scrambler
Doing a wheelie on a motorcycling motocross circuit. Date: 1980

Cycle Cross, cross country cycle racing. Date: 1981

Cycle Racing
Cycle racing : Cyclists fight it out on the race track! Date: 1980s

Epsom Derby Day - Prince Monolulu - Tipster. Date: 1929

Horse Racing - Neck and Neck by Antonio Donadini. Two jockeys battling it out at the head os the field in thsi steeplechase race. Date: circa 1920s

Crowd at a Horse Racing Meeting, standing close to the Secretary of the Courses Pavilion. circa 1885

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