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A RACECARD COVER MADE FROM THE COAT OF THE 1885 DERBY WINNER...

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A RACECARD COVER MADE FROM THE COAT OF THE 1885 DERBY WINNER MELTON
With silver mounts by G.H. James & Co., London, 1910, engraved respectively "'Melton' Winner of the Derby 1885" and "Foaled 1882, Died 1910", the cover with applied letters reading "Bradshaw"; with two period Ogden's cigarette cards, one depicting Melton, the other his jockey, Fred Archer

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