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Cambridgeshire|ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒʃə(r)|
The name of an eastern county of England used attrib. in the Cambridgeshire handicap (stakes) as the name of a horse-race originated in 1839 and run annually at Newmarket (situated east of Cambridge): usually ellipt. The Cambridgeshire.
1840J. C. Whyte Hist. Brit. Turf II. 482 The Cambridgeshire stakes. 1856‘Stonehenge’ Brit. Sports 373/1 Cambridgeshire Course..1 mile 240 yards. 1891G. Chetwynd Racing Remin. I. 10 The next day Vestminster won the Cambridgeshire. 1930Wodehouse Very Good, Jeeves! iv. 99 She married old Tom Travers the year Bluebottle won the Cambridgeshire. |