Athletic Sports: The thirteenth annual athletic sports under the auspices of the Slough Cricket, Football and Tennis Club were held on Easter Monday at the Dolphin Ground, and were witnessed by between three and four thousand spectators: … 880 Yards Flat Race, Handicap (open): First prize, clock; 2nd oak and silver biscuit box, 3rd, salts and spoons: 1, J. B. Pinsent, Oakley H. (65 yrds); 2, H. H. Elworthy, Polytechnic H. (30 yrds); 3, R. W. E. Davenport, Windsor Phoenix, A.C. (65 yrds): Won by two yards, one yard between second and third. Time: 2 min. 5 1/5 secs: 18 entries:
[see similar Uxbridge & W. Drayton Gazette: Saturday 12th April 1890]
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