The 3rd Division "First Spring" Meeting. / Monday and Tuesday, March 26th and 27th. / [followed by 36 lines, listing stewards, including Major General Barnard, ten races, to begin at noon on the first day, and other sport]

[Crimea, 1855]. Broadside, 13 x 8 1/8 inches, printed on blue paper. Folded; some soiling. Still very good. Apparently unrecorded and a rare survival possibly printed on a field press. Each of the ten races is named (e.g., The Opening Stakes, "Half-mile course"; The Winter Steeple Chase, "for all horses that have been at the front, before Sebastopol, since 1st December, 1854"; The Sebastopol Grand Military Steeple Chase, "for all horses the property of Officers in the Allied Forces"; The Moke States, "for all mules"; etc.), and each entrant was charged a fee, from five shillings to two pounds; second place would generally save his stake, the balance to the winner. The second day was given over to the troops with a 25 pound purse for "Foot Races, and other Sports, for the men of the 3rd Division." Not located on OCLC, RLIN, or COPAC. (Inventory #: 50760)