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The Annapolis Subscription Plate is the name given both to the first recorded formal horse race in colonial Maryland and to the silver trophy awarded to the winner of the race. It is the second oldest known horse racing trophy in America.〔(History of Maryland Jockey Club ) Retrieved January 21, 2010〕 ==History== The race took place on the South river near Annapolis in May 1743.〔Charles Carroll (1703–1783) - whose son, also called Charles Carroll, would later sign the Declaration of Independence in 1776 - wagered that his horse would win in a 3-mile race. Carroll's rival was Dungannon, owned by the tobacco planter and horse breeder George Hume Steuart who imported the thoroughbred from England. The race was held at Parole, Maryland, at what would later become the Parole Hunt Club.〔Nelker, 118〕 Dungannon won the race,〔 establishing a tradition of horse racing at Parole that would last until the club's sale and redevelopment as a shopping center in 1962. The silver plate itself - in reality more of a bowl than a plate - is now displayed in the Baltimore Museum of Art, and was made by the Annapolis silversmith John Inch (1721–1763).〔Museum-Quarterly of the Baltimore Museum of Art April–June 1936 Retrieved January 21, 2010〕 Punch bowls were popular as racing trophies in the 18th century.〔(Phillips, John Marshall, p.75, ''American Silver'', Dover Publications (2001) ) Retrieved January 21, 2010〕 It is the oldest surviving silver object made in the state of Maryland, the oldest horseracing trophy in North America〔 and the second oldest trophy of any kind on the continent.〔() Article about America's Cup being the oldest trophy.〕 Racing was suspended during the American Revolution, but a meeting of the Jockey Club took place on Saturday, March 1, 1783, at Mr Mann's tavern in Annapolis, at which a number of Dr Steuart's descendents were present. Club rules were set down including that the plate given by the club should be run on the first Tuesday of November, at Annapolis, that the prize money should be "sixty guineas", and that the annual subscription should be "three guineas".〔(''American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine, Volume 5, p.65 (1833). ) Retrieved January 21, 2010〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Annapolis Subscription Plate」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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