Victorian horse's head hitching post for 1886 Melbourne Cup winner Arsenal green and gold painted cast iron with brass plaque inscribed 'Presented to/ W. Gannon/ Arsenal/ Melbourne Cup/ 1886 101 cm high, other notes: each year, between 1875 and 1909 the Ballarat Brewing Co. Presented one, or a pair of hitching posts to the owners of the Melbourne Cup winning horse. The posts were made in the Ballarat iron foundry