Waterloo Cup 1941

The Waterloo Cup of 1941 began on Wednesday 12th February 1941, although there was a chance the event would be cancelled at the last minute because of a serious outbreak of Foot & Mouth disease. 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, Swinging Light, was owned by Mr C M Cohan of Liverpool, who is well known in shipping circles and is associated with Messrs H E Moss & Co. He was nominated by Mr R C Brownlee, while the runner-up was owned by Mrs F H Kent and nominated by Lt-Col Fullerton. For the first time this year there were women beaters from the Womens Land Army.
WATERLOO CUP WINNER:- SWINGING LIGHT (Red fawn by Dee Rock out of Beaut)
The Plate was won by String owned by the Countess of Sefton.
The Purse was won by Magic Hand owned by Mr M F Horlock.

1. Bezantine	Rock Agility
2. Rock Agility 1/2		White Heart
3. Cumberbund	White Heart 6/4
4. White Heart 2/7			Lapsed Legacy
5. Ranch Kilmore 4/6	Ranch Kilmore
6. Elizabeth		Lapsed Legacy 1/2
7. Lapsed Legacy (NB)	Lapsed Legacy (NB)
8. Buckden Dandy				Swinging Light 2/5
9. Dry Champagne	Swinging Light 7/4
10. Swinging Light 1/2		Swinging Light 6/4
11. Saunter	Dew Rodger
12. Dew Rodger 2/7			Swinging Light 3/1
13. Heated Words 4/5	Heated Words 2/1
14. Good Jest		Heated Words
15. Most Affluent	String
16. String 4/6
17. Mount Royal 4/6					Swinging Light 2/5
18. Drunken Matelot	Mount Royal 4/6
19. Firm and Fair 6/4		Mount Royal 2/1
20. Holystone Cleugh	Firm and Fair
21. Maesydd Mascot			Mount Royal 4/5
22. Holystone Rookery 4/7	Holystone Rockery
23. Gone On		White Book
24. White Book 1/6	White Book 4/5
25. Bosom Friend				Mount Royal
26. White Wood 4/6	White Wood 4/5
27. High Rocket		White Wood 7/2
28. Red Deer (NB)	Red Deer
29. Chatterton			White Wood
30. Perfect Situation 2/5	Perfect Situation
31. Magic Hand		Lending Library
32. Lending Library 2/7	Lending Library 1/3					Swinging Light
33. Dee Raft 4/6
34. Shamrock Prince	Dee Raft
35. Holystone View		Rock Bottom (NB)
36. Rock Bottom 2/5	Rock Bottom 7/4
37. Bryn Mirth 3/1			Rock Bottom 3/1
38. Dendera Joker	Bryn Mirth
39. Culrat		Penny Piece
40. Penny Piece 6/4	Penny Piece 6/4
41. Dutton Ash 2/7				Rock Bottom
42. Boiler	Dutton Ash 1/2
43. Rugged Alps		Dutton Ash 1/3
44. Radiant Light 4/5	Radiant Light
45. Bayland Dandy			Dutton Ash
46. Merlin Hawk 1/3	Merlin Hawk
47. Dee Forge		Screen
48. Screen 11/10	Screen 2/5
49. Stanbridge Selerity (NB)					Stanbridge Selerity
50. Perfect Stranger	Stanbridge Selerity 1/5
51. Drastic Measure		Stanbridge Selerity 1/4
52. Eldest Born 10/11	Eldest Born
53. Shrapnel 1/5			Stanbridge Selerity (Bye)
54. Half Way	Shrapnel
55. Ballerino		Dew Tar
56. Dew Tar 2/5	Dew Tar 3/1
57. Pleasure Steamer 1/6				Stanbridge Selerity 1/4
58. Stuntney Acne	Pleasure Steamer
59. Just Reason		Reason 11/10
60. Reason 5/2	Reason 4/6
61. The Levite 4/7			Reason
62. Lady Lawless	The Levite
63. RIF (NB)		RIF
64. Jingling Reed	RIF 5/4

I am very grateful to Gavin Purdon for forwarding the extract 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.