Picture No | 10216302 |
Date | 1879 |
Description | The Conqueror in the Clipper Barge Match 1879 |
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Engraving of 'The Conqueror' rounding the West Oaze buoy in the Clipper Barge Match, the Conqueror was racing the 'Saucy Kent' for a £200 prize on a course from Rochester to West Oaze and back to Chatham. The race started at 9am on the 18th and was won by the Conqueror at 1.15am on the 19th September.
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Source | The Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News, 18 September 1879, By Henry E. Jozen. |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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