"Washington, D.C. International c1971 Glass Cocktail Pitcher w/ Paul Mellon's Rokeby Stables' Silks" (SOLD)

Sz: 9 1/4"H x 4 1/2"Diameter at rim

Won by U.S.A (Run The Gantlet) Paul Mellon

Run the Gantlet (1968–1986) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse and noted sire.

He capped off the year with a six-length win on a soggy Laurel Park Racecourse in the Washington, D.C. International Stakes. Run the Gantlet's 1971 performances earned him American Champion Male Turf Horse honors.

Inaugurated in 1952 as the Washington, D.C. International Stakes, it was raced at Laurel Park Racecourse on the turf in Laurel, Maryland, at a distance of 1+1⁄2 miles (12 furlongs), and attracted top turf horses from North America and Europe.