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Lot # 1447: Photographs of Famous Trainers, Owners, and Others Associated with the Sport of Kings (67+)

Category: Horse Racing

Starting Bid: $300.00

Bids: 1 (Bid History)

Time Left: Auction closed
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Item was in Auction "2023 Spring Classic",
which ran from 4/2/2023 7:00 PM to
4/22/2023 10:00 PM



The lot offers the opportunity to own original photos of once important individuals involved in the sport, several taken by noted photographers, and difficult to obtain. (Trainers - 23) Ben Jones & son Jimmy (12), Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons (5) - one by C.C. Cook, Maz Hirsch (2), Louis Feustel (Man O' War’s trainer) by C.C. Cook, Woody Stephens, Reggie Cornell, and Iloratio Luro (the latter’s photo was used for the Turf & Sport magazine) (Owners — 17) James Keene, A.G. Vanderbilt, Pete Bostwiek, August Belmont by Barn News, and the Phipps family (13). (Others — 27+) Chief Long — longtime GM of Pimlico & Laurel racecourse (14), Edgar Horn — editor of the Turf & Sport Digest (5) with Turf & Sport file folder, W. Montague — founder of the Turf & Sport Digest (2), a blocker, strike at Santa Anita, a bugler, Santa Anita press box, horse observers at Hollywood Park - an innovation whereby each was assigned a specific horse in a race, and getting ready for opening day at Jamaica racetrack plus a few others.

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