This remarkable trophy is in the USA in private possession of a descendant of the winning owner (or possibly Jockey). The inscription reads 'Pocklington Plate won by Lively Bay 1783'. The initials GB, refers to Gideon Burton of Aughton near Selby, who was presented with the trophy. It also has the initials 'AJM' which are thought to have been added in 1894 by Gideon's grandson, Aaron John Mosey, whose family emigrated from Ellerton to the USA in the 1850s.

This trophy is likely to be one of the annual silver cups from the Pocklington racecourse at the New Inn. It also proves that Pocklington races were held as far back as 1783, and the hall marks perfectly match the 1783 date. The Maker's mark (Langlands & Robertson), lion passant, leopard's head w/crown, Newcastle stamp, and date letter Q. (no sovereign's head; thought to have started in 1784.) The date letter "Q" is thought to be for the time period May 1782-May 1783. The maker's mark is IL. A reference book on "Old English Plate" says John Langlands (Senior) and John Robertson became partners in 1778. In 1795 John Langlands (Junior) became partners with John Robertson (replacing his father John Langlands Sr). These two remained together only until 1795.

Thanks to Emily McBride of the USA for the above information and photographs (via Denise Mosey of Kirkella, whose husband is the 3x Great Grandson of Gideon Burton).

John CADE was born in the same village as the great, good John Singleton, Melbourne, near Pocklington, which place the same year gave birth to another celebrated jockey, Thomas Fields. The parish register of Cade’s baptism is thus recorded : "John Cade, son of Martin Cade, Melbourne, baptised February 30th, 1751;" while that of Fields is—" Thomas, son of Thomas Fields, Melbourne, baptised November 7th, 1751.”

These two heroes of the saddle commenced their first struggles and contests not on the animated racecourse, but in the humble path of a brickyard, where they ran heats in carrying off the bricks us the brickmaker moulded them, an occupation which in after life, when fortune had raised them to a more elevated position, was the subject of many amusing contests over the social board from the different and very opposite emotions which the recital of bye-gone days produced in the breasts of the two - the one feeling proud of the consciousness of having run a successful race and won a better station in society than that he started from, while the other, with lofty pride and dignity, felt wounded at the recital of scenes in which he had been a performer and over which he would have fain dropped the curtain of oblivion. The Fates, however, decreed to mould Cade’s destiny in a different form from that of moulding bricks. for he was early removed from the brickyard to the training stables of Mr. Hutchinson, where he was initiated into the art of horsemanship.

After remaining some years with his tutor and employer. and during which period he rode and won the Doncaster St. Leger on Bourbon, in 1777, he became first jockey to Peregrine Wentworth, Esq., for whom he rode for some years on the retirement of Leonard Jewison from that gentleman's stable, and in whose service he may be said to have closed his professional career, as the last race he rode in the light of a regular jockey, was that gentleman's horse Ormond, against Beningborough, at York, on the 20th August, 1796, The cause of his departure from the legitimate turf was known. Cade failed amidst all his struggled to win a competency. and the latter days of his existence were spent in humble industry in the town of Kingston-upon-Hull, where he died in Dagger-lane, at the house of a relative named Champney, on Friday, the 6th January, at the age of 75 years. During the latter part of his life he was better known by the name of "Jockey John.” He possessed a kind and affectionate disposition, and was much respected by those who knew him.

Boston Independent and Lincolnshire Advertiser - Saturday 25 August 1883