THANKS very much to University of Limerick PhD scholar Myles Kingston who sent in some interesting pictures to The Irish Field. Like probably many readers, forcibly incarcerated, he was rummaging through his attic and in his case he found a fine old wooden chest and posted some photos on Twitter.

He unearthed a painting from the 1870s in the chest and, on closer inspection, saw that it was backed by a racecard from 1886.