Horse Racing Collection (page 8)

The Paddock at Santa Anita, Los Angeles Turf Club, Arcadia, California, 1930s
The Paddock at " Santa Anita", Los Angeles Turf Club, Arcadia, California, 1930s. The Los Angeles Turf Club, which opened on Christmas Day in 1934

Calcutta. Grand Stand Racecourse, c1930s. Creator: Unknown
Calcutta. Grand Stand Racecourse, c1930s. Grandstand at the horse racing course in what is now Kolkata, India. The Royal Calcutta Turf Club was founded in 1847 during the colonial period. Postcard

Thoroughbred Sire Blair Athol, winner of the Derby & St Leger 1864, c1879
Thoroughbred Sire " Blair Athol", winner of the Derby & St Leger 1864, c1879. Blair Athol (1861-1882), British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire, winner at Epsom Derby and St Leger Stakes

Eclipse, c1879. Creator: Unknown
Eclipse, c1879. Late-18th-century thoroughbred with a lucrative after-life at stud. Most of todays thoroughbreds are direct descendants of Eclipse via his male line

Stilton A Hunter, c1879. Creator: Aldfred Sheldon Williams
Stilton A Hunter, c1879. Property Of Colonel Loyd Lindsay. Winner of the Punchestown (Ireland) Steeplechase. From " The Book of the Horse", by S. Sidney

Emblem, Steeplechase Mare, c1879. Creator: Unknown
Emblem, Steeplechase Mare, c1879. From " The Book of the Horse", by S. Sidney. [Cassell & Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York, Melbourne]

Horse-racing at the Kamo Festival, 1692-1696, (1924). Creator: Unknown
Horse-racing at the Kamo Festival, 1692-1696, (1924). From the " Yamato Kosatu Esho" by Ishikawa Ryusen, [1692-1696]

Epsom, c1910. Creator: Unknown
Epsom, c1910. The Derby Day. Horse Races. Mineral Waters. Population, 6, 916. Packed grandstand at Epsom racecourse in Surrey

Wireless Photo-Telegraphy, c1930. Creator: Unknown
Wireless Photo-Telegraphy, c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Engineering Wonders", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne]

The Right Honorable Henry Chaplin, c1907. Creator: Elliott & Fry
The Right Honorable Henry Chaplin, c1907. Portrait of British Conservative politician Henry Chaplin, 1st Viscount Chaplin (1840-1923), landowner and racehorse owner

The Race Course from Morrisons Hill, Hong Kong, 1895. Creator: W &s Ltd
The Race Course from Morrisons Hill, Hong Kong, 1895. View of the Happy Valley race course in what was then a British colony, now part of mainland China

Chesterfield, 1840. Creator: Richard James Lane
Chesterfield, 1840. Portrait of George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield (1805-1866), British Conservative politician and race horse owner

The Earl of Chesterfield, 1840. Creator: Richard James Lane
The Earl of Chesterfield, 1840. Portrait of George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield (1805-1866), British Conservative politician and race horse owner

Lord George Bentinck, 1840. Creator: Richard James Lane
Lord George Bentinck, 1840. Portrait of George Cavendish Bentinck (1802-1848), British Conservative politician and racehorse owner

Vale of Aylesbury Steeple Chase, Plate 4, c1836, (c1955). Creators: Charles Hunt, George Hunt
Vale of Aylesbury Steeple Chase, Plate 4, c1836, (c1955). Long Furlong field, horse racing scene after Francis Calcroft Turner. Published by Ariel Press, London W1

Vale of Aylesbury Steeple Chase, Plate 3, c1836, (c1955). Creators: Charles Hunt, George Hunt
Vale of Aylesbury Steeple Chase, Plate 3, c1836, (c1955). Berry Field Farm, Ivy Ground, horse racing scene after Francis Calcroft Turner. Published by Ariel Press, London W1

A Group of Sporting Characters at Epsom, c1832. Creator: Unknown
A Group of Sporting Characters at Epsom, How are the odds on the Derby?, c1832. Political satire depicting British politicians at Epsom races: Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799-1869)

A Poney Race for a Saddle (a Seat) at Cambridge, 1834. Creator: John Doyle
A Poney Race for a Saddle (a Seat) at Cambridge, 1834. Satirical scene showing British politicians as horses and jockeys in a race: Leader of the Whigs Charles Grey

Racing-(1), (1924). Creator: Unknown
Racing-(1), (1924). Jockeys on racehorses. No.20 in a series of 25 Old Sporting Prints Cigarette Cards. After Samuel Howitt. [John Player & Sons, 1924]

Racing-(11), (1924). Creator: Unknown
Racing-(11), (1924). Jockeys whipping their racehorses. No.21 in a series of 25 Old Sporting Prints Cigarette Cards. After Samuel Howitt. [John Player & Sons, 1924]

Cross Country Colours, 1877. Creator: John Sturgess
Cross Country Colours, 1877. Steeplechase, with jockeys and their horses falling at a jump. Published in a supplement to the Illustrated London News, 24 March 1877

A False Start - Derby, 1883. Creator: John Sturgess
A False Start - Derby, 1883. Jockeys and their horses at the Derby, an annual flat horse race at Epsom Downs racecourse in Surrey. From The Illustrated London News, 26 May 1883

Mr. Henry Chaplin. M. P. 1879. Creator: Vincent Brooks Day & Son
Mr. Henry Chaplin. M.P. 1879. Henry Chaplin, 1st Viscount Chaplin (1840-1923), landowner, racehorse owner and conservative politician. From The Sporting Gazette and Agricultural Journal, 31st May 1879

The Countess of Yarborough, 1879. Creator: Vincent Brooks Day & Son
The Countess of Yarborough, 1879. Victoria Alexandrina, Countess of Yarborough (1841-1927), race horse trainer and Joint Master of the Brocklesby Hounds

Mr. Jorrocks makes his Entree into the Newmarket Betting-ring, 1838. Artist
Mr. Jorrocks makes his Entre e into the Newmarket Betting-ring, 1838. Scene depicting one of the humorous adventures of Mr Jorrocks

Derby Day at Epsom, c1896. Artist: Spooner & Company
Derby Day at Epsom, c1896. From Pictorial England and Wales. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, c1896]

Bury Hills, Newmarket, c1896. Artist: HR Sherborn
Bury Hills, Newmarket, c1896. From Pictorial England and Wales. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, c1896]

Winter Races on the Neva in St Petersburg, 1859. Private Collection

Souvenir of the Kentucky Derby, 1942. Artist: Caufield & Shook
Souvenir of the Kentucky Derby, 1942. From Souvenir of Louisville Ky.. [Curt Teich & Co. Inc. Chicago, 1942]

Souvenir of Louisville Ky. 1942. Artist: Caufield & Shook
Souvenir of Louisville Ky. 1942. From Souvenir of Louisville Ky.. [Curt Teich & Co. Inc. Chicago, 1942]

The Wall and Roodee, Chester, c1896. Artist: Catherall & Pritchard
The Wall and Roodee, Chester, c1896. From Pictorial England and Wales. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, c1896]

Epsom, c1910. The Derby. Horse Racing. Mineral Waters. Population, 18, 800. Card from a game containing views of the chief towns in each county, their products & notable buildings etc

Sharing a Joke at Aintree, 1937
Sharing a Joke at Aintree, Grand National 1937. From Coronation Souvenir Book 1937, edited by Gordon Beckles. [Daily Express, London, 1937]

Ascot - The Paddock, 1914, (1920). Artist: Claude Allin Shepperson
Ascot - The Paddock, 1914, 1920. From Londoners Then and Now As Pictured By Their Contemporaries, edited by Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio Ltd. London, 1920]

Ascot, June, 1935 - King Edward, then Prince of Wales, with Mrs. Simpson, 1937. From Coronation Souvenir Book 1937, edited by Gordon Beckles. [Daily Express, London, 1937]

Westminster Races... 1784. Artist: Isaac Cruikshank
Westminster Races... 1784. Showing the three candidates for the Westminster constituency in the 1784 general election, Samuel Hood, Charles James Fox and Cecil Wray

City election candidates of 1812. A View of the Starting Post and List of the Horses and their Riders who Started for the City Plate October 5th 1812

Clapham Common, Wandsworth, London, 1862. Artist: John Harris
View of figures on Clapham Common, Wandsworth, London, 1862, returning from the Derby

Salvator beats Tenny by a throat latch, Sheepshead Bay Race Track, New York, USA, 1890
Salvator beats Tenny by a throat latch, Sheepshead Bay Race Track, New York, USA, 25 June 1890. Built by the Coney Island Jockey Club, Sheepshead Bay Race Track was completed in 1880

Horse Racing of Sioux Indians near Fort Pierre, 1843. Artist: Du Casse and Doherty
Horse Racing of Sioux Indians near Fort Pierre, 1843. Plate 30 from volume 1 of Travels in the Interior of North America, 1843

Racehorse and jockey in front of Doncaster Racecourse grandstand, South Yorkshire, 1969. A Jockey dismounts to speak with his trainer in front of the grandstand

The Bramah luxury vacuum flask, 1966. Artist: Michael Walters
The Bramah luxury vacuum flask, 1966. Photographed at Doncaster racecourse, this photograph was taken to market the upmarket flask

Le Jockey, 1899. Artist: Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri, de (1864-1901)
Le Jockey, 1899. Private Collection

The Races, 1865-1872, (1946). Artist: Edouard Manet
The Races, 1865-1872, (1946). From The Etchings of the French Impressionists and Their Contemporaries, by Edward T. Chase. [The Hyperion Press, Paris, 1946]

Epsom Races - The Betting Post, 1836, (1929). Artist: Charles Hunt
Epsom Races - The Betting Post, 1836, (1929). After James Pollard (1792-1867). From The Story of British Sporting Prints, by Captain Frank Siltzer. [Halton & Truscott Smith, Ltd, London, 1929]

Heaton Park Races, 1835, (1929). Artist: Richard Reeve
Heaton Park Races, 1835, (1929). After F. C. Turner (c1795-c1846). From The Story of British Sporting Prints, by Captain Frank Siltzer. [Halton & Truscott Smith, Ltd, London, 1929]

Sir Joshua Beating Filho Da Puta at Newmarket, c1816, (1929). Artist: Frederick Rosenberg
Sir Joshua Beating Filho Da Puta at Newmarket, c1816, (1929). After James Pollard (1792-1867). From The Story of British Sporting Prints, by Captain Frank Siltzer

Velocipede, Winner of the St. Leger, 1828, c1828, (1929). Artists: Edward Duncan, J Webb
Velocipede, Winner of the St. Leger, 1828, c1828, (1929). After John E. Ferneley (1782-1860). From The Story of British Sporting Prints, by Captain Frank Siltzer

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