Do you remember that extraordinary day in 1996? The bookies certainly do.
On 28th September 1066 William , Duke of Normandy, landed at Pevensey on the Sussex coast before going on to defeat Harold. On the same day in 1996 an Italian conquered Ascot by winning all seven races on the card.
The National Horseracing Museum has on display some great mementos from that day. But why only four?
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There was a very large stone found wedged in a hole in the bottom of the frigate HMS Pique when the ship was docked in Portsmouth in October 1835. The Pique had run ashore in the Belle Isle Straits, Labrador, in Sepember of that year. After refloating, she sailed across the Atlantic, without a rudder & with pumps continuously manned to control her leaks.
HMS Pique at sea
But for this stone acting as a plug to one of the larger holes, she would certainly have foundered and sank. A splendid feat of seamanship by the captain. What did the future hold for the enterprising Captain, the hon H J Rous? The answer lies on the Summer 2011 Museum Treasure page on www.nhrm.co.uk
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