IT WAS first held in the Powderhall Sports Grounds, in Edinburgh during the winter of 1870.
And has since been staged at the Powderhall Stadium, Newtongrange, Hawick, Tranent and the Meadowbank Stadium, before arriving at its present home at Musselburgh Racecourse.
The New Year sprint handicap - an athletic event with a difference - has carried on throughout the years, despite changing times.
The heats are held tomorrow - with the cross-ties and final taking place on ...