The timeline below shows where the term Ascot Gold Cup appears in Ulysses. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Episode 5: Lotus Eaters
...the newspaper from under Bloom’s armpit because he wants to see the listings about the Ascot Gold Cup horserace. Bloom notices Bantam’s filthy fingers and dandruff-covered shoulders, then tells him to keep the...
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Episode 7: Aeolus
...an office with the paper Sport and says that Sceptre is going to win the Ascot Gold Cup . One of the rowdy paper staff bursts in the door by accident, letting in...
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A flurry of activity interrupts Stephen’s story—the newsboys have more updates from the Ascot Gold Cup horseraces. Leopold Bloom also returns to the office. He tells Crawford that Keyes will run...
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Episode 8: Lestrygonians
...be making a point about Boylan. Nosey Flynn asks Davy Byrne for tips about the Ascot Gold Cup horseraces, but Byrne says he’s not a gambler. While Bloom enjoys his simple, clean lunch,...
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...pub, Lyons tells the other men that Bloom gave him a faulty tip for the Ascot Gold Cup horserace.
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Episode 10: Wandering Rocks
Lenehan checks on the Ascot Gold Cup in Lyman’s bar and then reports that Bantam Lyons is planning to make a ridiculous...
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Episode 11: Sirens
The clock strikes four o’clock, which means it’s time for the Ascot Gold Cup results. Lenehan is eagerly hoping for the horse Sceptre to win. Bloom sits near the...
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Episode 12: Cyclops
Lenehan informs the other men that the horse Throwaway, a longshot and outsider, won the Ascot Gold Cup . Lenehan, Boylan, and Boylan’s “lady friend” (possibly Molly Bloom) all lost money by betting...
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Lenehan falsely claims that Bloom has left to collect his horserace winnings from the Ascot Gold Cup —after all, Bantam Lyons told Lenehan that Bloom gave him a tip for Throwaway. The...
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Episode 14: Oxen of the Sun
Conversation suddenly turns to the Ascot Gold Cup : Madden complains that Sceptre was about to win, but Throwaway pulled ahead at the...
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Episode 17: Ithaca
...kitchen cabinet. Bloom sees two old betting tickets on the dresser, remembers the day’s unusual Ascot Gold Cup , and thinks about how he threw away the pamphlet about Elijah in the morning...
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Episode 18: Penelope
...best sex position, then remembers how Boylan was frustrated to lose twenty pounds on Lenehan’s Ascot Gold Cup tip.
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