HISTORIC CUP
Magnificent Gift for Racing Club MR. MOSS DAVIS'S GENEROSITY (Special to THE SUN) LONDON, May 15. Purchased from the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, the magnificent Goodwood Cup of 1852 has been presented to the Auckland Racing Club by Mr. Moss Davis. It will arrive by the lonic. a height of 34 inches and weighing more than 300 ounces, the cup is of fine craftsmanship in silver. It is in the shape of a bowl, with handles formed by winged figures, and this is supported by figures of Orpheus and
cherubs standing up on a shell about which are the figures of four seahorses. “I love Auckland,” is Mr. Davis’s excuse for this and many other generous gifts to the city. Goodwood race meeting marks the end of the London season, society then going on to Cowes and Scotland. It is held in the Duke of Richmond's Park, near Chichester, in Sussex. Some little time ago Mr. Moss Davis purchased a beautiful silver cup once owned by Queen Victoria and presented it to the Auckland Racing Club.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 704, 2 July 1929, Page 1
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179HISTORIC CUP Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 704, 2 July 1929, Page 1
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