The St. Heger, Past and Present
... Rit ?t. Neger, V? ut ao V, racat BY H. BARTON-BAKER WHEN, in 1776, thefamous Marquess of Rockingham instituted a race for three-year-olds at the Doncaster Summer Meeting, it was given no distinctive name; two years afterwards, at a racing dinner held at the old Red Lion, the subject being discussed, the Marquess waived his own claim to entitle it in favour of Colonel St. Leger. Lord Rockingham ...