Victorian horse's head hitching post for 1896 Melbourne Cup winner New Haven green and gold painted cast iron with brass plate inscribed 'Presented to/ A. Jones/ new Haven/ Melbourne Cup/ 1896', repainted 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