Three bookmakers (representing British politicians) are watching a horserace in which three horses are neck and neck. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 7 September 1889.

  • Merry, Tom, 1852-1902.
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7 September 1889
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564957i
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[London] : [The Publishing Company], 7 September 1889.

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1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; image 46.4 x 30.7 cm

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The St. Leger, 1889. Unprincipled bookmaker (loq.) "The game's up, Bill; let's hook it!" St. Stephen's Review presentation cartoon, Sep.tr 7th, 1889. Tom Merry del. et lith. Hugh Childers and W.E. Gladstone are cheering the horses on, but Harcourt has lost hope and urges Gladstone to leave. Of the three horses, one is ridden by Joseph Chamberlain as a jockey with "Irish land trans[fer]" on his silk, a second jockey wears a silk inscribed "Irish Catholic university", and a third jockey has no inscription

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Wellcome Collection 564957i

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