Waterloo Cup 1942

The Waterloo Cup of 1942 began on Thursday 12th February 1942, having been delayed by a day, and took place on the faster course of The Withins after Lord Sefton ploughed Lydiate. 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 Molyneux Cohan, and was completing a double having won it in 1941.
WATERLOO CUP WINNER:- SWINGING LIGHT (by Dee Rock out of Famous Flight)
The Plate saw Dew Prince beat Rugged Alps
The Purse saw Victory Light defeat Dee Raft

1. Dew Prince 4/7

 Dew Prince          

2. Ballerino

   Shy Best 4/6        

3. Shy Best 4/7

 Shy Best 2/5          

4. Gaelic International

     Shy Best 4/11      

5. Bigot 4/5

 Bigot          

6. Good Sport

   String        

7. String 2/5

 String 2/9          

8. Woodburn Warrior

       Shy Best 1/2    

9. Sporting Speculator (WD)

 Hazy Rhyl          

10. Hazy Rhyl (Bye)

   Mount Royal 4/11        

11. Mellow Wit

 Mount Royal 2/5          

12. Mount Royal 1/3

     Mount Royal      

13. That Man Again 5/6

 That Man Again 10/11          

14. Pearl Harbour

   That Man Again        

15. Drunken Matelot

 Tommy Gun          

16. Tommy Gun 4/9

            

17. Bryn Blackpool 10/11

         Shy Best  

18. The Levite

 Bryn Blackpool (Bye)          

19. Boiler 4/6

   Bryn Blackpool 11/10        

20. Heddon Bandit

 Boiler          

21. Sea Lion 3/1

     Bryn Blackpool      

22. Magic Hand

 Sea Lion          

23. Wood Regis 7/4

   Wood Regis        

24. Stuntney Foundation

 Wood Regis (Bye)          

25. Dutton Vulture 4/6

       Rock Agility    

26. Victory Light

 Dutton Vulture          

27. Rock Agility (NB)

   Rock Agility 1/6        

28. Haighton Arrow

 Rock Agility 1/3          

29. Song of Mourne

     Rock Agility 11/10      

30. Gentle Highlander 5/4

 Gentle Highlander          

31. Road To Mandalay

   Border Breeze        

32. Border Breeze 5/4

 Border Breeze 1/2         Swinging Light

33. Lent Lamb

            

34. Jealous Retort 1/4

 Jealous Retort 1/5          

35. Culrate

   Jealous Retort 11/10        

36. Cherry Ribbon 1/3

 Cherry Ribbon          

37. Heddon Ranger

     Jealous Retort (Bye)      

38. Skylight 1/2

 Skylight 6/4          

39. Dandy Dilwyn

   Skylight        

40. Dew Jock 1/2

 Dew Jock          

41. Rock Bottom 5/4

       Jealous Retort    

42. Typist

 Rock Bottom 10/11          

43. Rare Rebel 11/10

   Rock Bottom        

44. Just Cause

 Rare Rebel          

45. July Rain 8/11

     July Rain      

46. Golden Boy

 July Rain (NB)          

47. RIF

   July Rain 1/4        

48. Passionate Song 11/8

 Passionate Song          

49. Balgay Punch 4/5

         Swinging Light 4/7  

50. Dream Boy

 Balgay Punch          

51. Hendon 6/4

   Hendon 7/4        

52. Heated Words

 Hendon 1/5          

53. Dutton Thistle 2/7

     Hendon      

54. Dry Champagne

 Dutton Thistle 7/4          

55. Rugged Alps 4/5

   Dutton Thistle        

56. Dee Raft

 Rugged Alps          

57. Pastorale Passe Partout

       Swinging Light (Bye)    

58. Sale Ring 2/7

 Sale Ring 6/4          

59. White Book 1/3

   Sale Ring        

60. Broughton Cherry

 White Book          

61. Jovial Rook

     Swinging Light 2/5      

62. Ranch Keepsake 7/4

 Ranch Keepsake          

63. Swinging Light 1/6

   Swinging Light 2/7        

64. Harridan

 Swinging Light 1/5          
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.