"Northern Farmer Wins!" The Stewards' Cup Goodwood 1899 Watercolour by Finch Mason
$1,800
Art Sz: 7 1/2"H x 14"W
Frame Sz: 13 5/8"H x 19 7/8"W
The 1899 Stewards' Cup at Goodwood was won by the five-year-old bay horse Northern Farmer, owned by Horatio Bottomley, trained by James Batho, and ridden by jockey F. Finlay. Sent off at odds of 20/1, Northern Farmer narrowly beat the 4-year-old filly Nun Nicer by a neck on Tuesday, July 25, 1899.
George Finch Mason (1850-1915) was a sporting artist, author and illustrator, specialising in humorous studies and caricatures. His father was a schoolmaster at Eton and he was educated there in 1860-64. He contributed to several books including Humours of the Hunting Field (1886), Flowers of the Hunt (1889), The White Hart and other Stories (1891), The Run of the Season (1902), and Heroes and Heroines of the Grand National (1907 and 1911). He was a frequent contributor to many sporting publications of the time and was ‘Uncle Toby’ of The Sporting Times. He also worked for Punch.