from Jeri Johnson*, note to "Ulysses": The 1922 Text, p. 801:Ascot Gold Cup: an important event for Dubliners in Ulysses; the actual Gold Cup, an annual event, was run in 1904 at Ascot (in England) at 3:00 p.m., 16 June.
from Don Gifford*, "Ulysses" Annotated, p. 98 [the ellipses and italics are Gifford's]:Ascot. Gold cup: The Gold Cup, one of the two main annual events of the British racing calendar, was to be run that day at Ascot Heath, twenty-six miles from London, at 3:00 p.m. "The Gold Cup, value 1,000 sovereigns with 3,000 sovereigns in specie in addition, out of which the second shall receive 700 sovereigns added to a sweepstakes of 20 sovereigns each . . . for entire colts and fillies. Two miles and a half. The field: M.J. de Bremond's Maximum II; age 5. Mr. W. Bass's Sceptre; age 5; A. Taylor. Lord Ellesmere's Kronstad; age 4; J. Dawson. Lord Howard de Walden's Zinfandel; age 4; Beatty. Sir J. Miller's Rock Sand; age 4; Blackwell. Mr. W. Hall Walker's Jean's Folly; age 3; Robinson. Mr. F. Alexander's Throwaway; age 5; Braime. M.E. de Blashovits's Beregvolgy; age 4. Count H. de Pourtale's Ex Voto; age 4. Count H. de Pourtale's Hebron II; age 4. M.J. De Soukozanotte's Torquato Tasso; age 4. Mr. Richard Croker's Clonmell; age 3." "Selections for Ascot Meeting. Gold Cup—Zinfandel." "Tips from 'Celt': Gold Cup—Sceptre." (as reported in the Freeman's Journal, 16 June 1904, p. 7.) The race was won by the dark horse Throwaway, a twenty-to-one shot; see [reference to a note to a later passage]
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from Don Gifford*, "Ulysses" Annotated, p. 99:throw it away: See preceding note. The point is that Bloom has just unwittingly given a tip on the Gold Cup race.
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from Declan Kiberd*, note to "Ulysses": Annotated Student's Edition, p. 979:throw it away: later, when a horse called Throwaway wins the Ascot Gold Cup, Lyons will circulate a rumour that Bloom has won money on the bet: another example of the treachery of misunderstood language. The newspaper-phallus is now 'thrown away' by Bloom before he opts for his narcissistic bath.
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from James Joyce*, Ulysses, page 70 (episode 5, lines 531-38):—You can keep it, Mr Bloom said.
—Ascot. Gold cup. Wait, Bantam Lyons muttered. Half a mo. Maximum the second.
—I was just going to throw it away, Mr Bloom said.
Bantam Lyons raised his eyes suddenly and leered weakly.
—What's that? his sharp voice said.
—I say you can keep it, Mr Bloom answered. I was going to throw it away that moment.
Here is part of the passage again with a few words highlighted. First-time readers are unlikely to pay much attention to the highlighted words, and Bloom himself doesn't consider them to be anything special. They're just part of his attempt to shoo Lyons away. But Lyons seems to treat them as very meaningful, although the text doesn't say why or even which of the words he responds to.
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Three of the four sets of notes that I've mentioned annotate these lines. Don Gifford*, in a first, long note to the race itself, mentions the event that Lyons thinks Bloom is alluding to, and in a follow-up note to Bloom's words, emphasizes a second time why Lyons thinks the words are significant. Declan Kiberd* in his note to Bloom's words combines some factual information with his interpretation of Joyce's passage. In contrast Jeri Johnson* tries to limit her brief note to the race to factual information.
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