Waterloo Cup 1940

The Waterloo Cup of 1940 was scheduled to take place in early February, but had to be cancelled due to heavy snow. It was rescheduled to late February, but once again had to be postponed due to inclement weather. It finally started on Wednesday 6th March 1940. The entry conditions for the race required 64 subscribers to subscribe their nomination at £25 each. The winner received £500 and a trophy (valued at £100) donated by the Earl of Sefton. The runner-up received £200, while the losing semi-finalists each received £50. The winner, Dee Flint, was owned by Mr J E Dennis, who had already owned or part owned earlier winners. In 1909 Dendraspis was jointly owned by Mr J E Dennis and Mr S M Dennis, as was the 1914 winner Dilwyn. In 1935 Dee Rock won the event in the sole ownership of Mr J E Dennis.
WATERLOO CUP WINNER:- DEE FLINT (by Dee Rock out of Famous Flight)
The Plate was divided between Sporting Speculator and Delahaye.
The Purse was divided between Arbroath and Holystone Night.

1. Delightful Dawn 8/11 Mr H D Dennis	Delightful Dawn
2. First Light Mr O J Jackson		Lending Library
3. Lending Library 4/7 Mr C G Osborne	Lending Library 3/1
4. Arbroath Mr R C Brownlee			Chancellor 7/4
5. Cold Blast Captain R B Webster	Chancellor (Bye)
6. Chancellor 2/5 Mr J Clarke		Chancellor 2/9
7. Beauly Fortune 3/1 Mr T Noble	Beauly Fortune
8. Pleasure Steamer Mr W P Smith				Chancellor 2/9
9. Haweswater 1/2 Mr J Hedley	Haweswater
10. Blooming Mr N H Wood		Rustic Bard 1/4
11. Rustic Bard 1/2 Mr R Burbidge	Rustic Bard 4/6
12. Robert le Diable Captain C R Jorgensen			Rustic Bard
13. Jobs Homage 2/7 Mr J V Rank	Jobs Homage
14. Just Return Colonel J Heseltine		Flooded Farm
15. Wildmoor Butler Mr J Shaw	Flooded Farm (Bye)
16. Flooded Farm 2/1 Miss R Fawcett
17. Jasper Head Mr A Pearce					Chancellor
18. Evergreen Bough 4/7 Mr E Baxter	Evergreen Bough
19. Screen Countess of Sefton		Dull Diamond
20. Dull Diamond 9/4 Mrs M Rank	Dull Diamond (NB)
21. Radiant Light Mr C M Cohan			Radiant Light 15/8
22. Bellburn Mr T Ramsden	Radiant Light 2/7
23. Pickpocket (NB) Mr F A Parker		Radiant Light 9/4
24. Masterit Mr P McAlinden	Pickpocket
25. Ranch Kingfisher 2/1 Mr P W Knight				Radiant Light
26. Bezantine Mr H Bell	Ranch Kingfisher (Bye)
27. Milk and Honey 2/7 Mr M F Horlock		Ranch Kingfisher
28. Noted Sammy Mr N Shaw	Milk and Honey
29. Sporting Speculator 2/5 Lord Weymouth			Shoesmith
30. Blackguard Mrs M Brook	Sporting Speculator
31. Shoesmith 2/5 Earl of Sefton		Shoesmith 4/9
32. Broughton Amazon Mrs E W M Popple	Shoesmith 1/3					Dee Flint
33. Rock of Arran Miss G R Allen
34. Dendera Joker 2/5 Mrs Babs Lucas	Dendera Joker
35. War Crusade Mrs S Whitburn		Waterline
36. Waterline 4/5 Sir R W Burbidge	Waterline (NB)
37. Delahaye 2/5 Mr J A Dewar			Ilsley Darkie 8/11
38. Magic Ring Mr M G Hale	Delahaye
39. Ilsley Darkie (NB) Mr H L Craven		Ilsley Darkie 6/4
40. Sixth Sense Lt-Col J C Fullerton	Ilsley Darkie 5/4
41. Shamrock Prince 8/11 Mr G W Birdsall				Ilsley Darkie
42. Stipulate Mr W Sutcliffe	Shamrock Prince 2/1
43. Theodore 1/5 Capt G E F Tenison		Shamrock Prince
44. When Then Mr T Cook	Theodore
45. Buckden Dandy 5/1 Mr T Harte			Dutton Ash
46. Glendora Mr G R Graham	Buckden Brandy
47. Dutton Ash 9/4 Mrs J A Dewar		Dutton Ash 5/6
48. Lapsed Legacy Mr L Lucas	Dutton Ash (NB)
49. Kilnaglory Champion 3/1 Mr O S Ambrose					Dee Flint
50. National Horse Mr N Hardy	Kilnaglory Champion
51. Carbis Bay 5/2 Mr E C L Bradley		Carbis Bay
52. Alec McPhail Mrs C Morgan	Carbis Bay 1/6
53. Mancetter (WD) Mr F C Minopno			Stanbridge Selerity
54. Stanbridge Selerity 4/9 Mr F Fawcett	Stanbridge Selerity 4/9
55. Holystone Night Mr J Campbell		Stanbridge Selerity 7/4
56. Bastion 4/9 Major C Blundell	Bastion
57. War Scare 10/11 Brig-Gen R McCalmont				Dee Flint 1/3
58. Pig Skin Lord Stavordale	War Scare
59. Dee Flint 2/9 Mr J E Dennis		Dee Flint 1/5
60. Irish Crossing Sir A G Smith	Dee Flint 4/7
61. Cullis Mr G A Cullington			Dee Flint 1/5
62. Bryn Myth 2/7 Major H Peel	Bryn Myth
63. Holystone Rockery Major G A Renwick		Tricolour
64. Tricolour 1/5 Mrs D Mack	Tricolour 1/3

I am very grateful to Gavin Purdon for forwarding the extracts shown below from the diary of Mr Merryweather, of New Shildon, who had a keen interest in the Waterloo Cup. Robert William Merryweather (1890 – 1957), son of a railwayman, worked for the London & North Eastern Railways as a bricklayer's labourer at the Shildon Railway Wagon Works and kept a meticulous diary about coursing and horse racing.