Racing Collection (page 18)

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

Car race, 1930. Artist: Williams, Pyotr Vladimirovich (1902-1947)
Car race, 1930. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

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

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

Fete Day on the Grand Canal, Venice, Italy, 1895. Creator: Unknown
Fete Day on the Grand Canal, Venice, Italy, 1895. The water is crammed with boats in front of the Ponte di Rialto. From " Round the World in Pictures and Photographs

The Race of the Spartan Girls, 1881. Creator: Unknown
The Race of the Spartan Girls, 1881. From " St. Nicholas: Volume VIII. Part I. November 1880, to May 1881". [Scribner & Co. New York, 1881]

Rural Sports - The Ass Race, 1800. Creator: Unknown
Rural Sports - The Ass Race, 1800. Men racing on donkeys, cheered on by villagers. The rider in the lead appears to be using a hairbrush to urge on his steed. [J. Wheble, London, 1800]

Rural Sports - Men running in Sacks, late 18th-early 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Rural Sports - Men running in Sacks, late 18th-early 19th century. Hat-waving crowds cheer on competitors in a sack race

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

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)

Grahame White and Mr. Churchill, 1910, (1945). Creator: Unknown
Grahame White and Mr. Churchill, 1910, (1945). British politician and statesman Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), second from left, with aviation pioneers Claude Grahame-White, second from right

Early Flight in a Heavier Than Air Machine, 1910, (1945). Creator: Unknown
Early Flight in a Heavier Than Air Machine, 1910, (1945). British politician and statesman Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) with Lord Northcliffe at the London to Manchester air race

Ray Barbuti and Hermann Engelhard, 4 x 400m relay, 1928. Creator: Unknown
Ray Barbuti and Hermann Engelhard, 4 x 400m relay, 1928. Ray Barbuti of the USA won gold medal, and Hermann Engelhard of Germany won bronze at the 1928 Summer Olympics, held in Amsterdam

American team, 4 x 100m relay, 1928. Creator: Unknown
American team, 4 x 100m relay, 1928. Frank Wykoff, James Quinn, Charley Borah and Henry Russell of the United States won gold medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics, held in Amsterdam

Boughera El Ouafi winning the marathon for France, 1928. Creator: Unknown
Boughera El Ouafi winning the marathon for France, 1928. Algerian athlete El Ouafi (1898-1959) competed during the time Algeria was part of France

German sprinter Joachim Büchner, 1928. Creator: Unknown
German sprinter Joachim Bü chner, 1928. Bü chner (1905-1978) won bronze medal in the 400 m event at the 1928 Summer Olympics, held in Amsterdam

German 4 x 400m mens relay team, 1928. Creator: Unknown
German 4 x 400m mens relay team, 1928. Harry Werner Storz, Richard Krebs, Otto Neumann and Hermann Engelhard won silver medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics, held in Amsterdam

British athlete Douglas Lowe winning the 800 metres in Athletics, 1928. Creator: Unknown
British athlete Douglas Lowe winning the 800 metres in Athletics, 1928. Lowe (1902-1981) was a double Olympic Games champion, winning gold medals at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris

Japanese athlete Kinue Hitomi wins silver medal in the Womens 800 metres, 1928. Hitomi (1907-1931) was the first Japanese woman to win an Olympic medal, winning silver at the 1928 Summer Olympics

German womens 4 x 100m relay team, 1928. Creator: Unknown
German womens 4 x 100m relay team, 1928. Leni Junker, Anni Holdmann, Leni Schmidt and Rosa Kellner of Germany won bronze medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics, held in Amsterdam

Canadian team, womens 4 x 100 metres relay, 1928. Creator: Unknown
Canadian team, womens 4 x 100 metres relay, 1928. Ethel Smith, Bobbie Rosenfeld, Myrtle Cook and Jane Bell won gold medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics, held in Amsterdam

The Celebrated Tom Thumb, c1830. Creator: Unknown
The Celebrated Tom Thumb, c1830. Horse pulling a carriage as people cheer in the background

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

The Alarm winning the Ladies Challenge Cup at Cowes, 1830 by GM Gilbert on stone by L Haghe

The 8 Metre class Antwerpia IV sailing under spinnaker, 1912. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 8 Metre class Antwerpia IV sailing under spinnaker, 1912

The racing cutters Sonya, Onda and Carina, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The racing cutters Sonya, Onda and Carina, 1911

The cutters Creole (3) and Ma oona (6) racing close-hauled, 1913. Creator
The cutters Creole (3) and Ma oona (6) racing close-hauled, 1913. Ma oona was designed by Alfred Mylne and built at McAlisters yard in Dumbarton in 1907. Creole was designed by George L

The 6 Metre Class yachts Oui-Oui (D15) and Gairney racing, 1922. Creator
The 6 Metre Class yachts Oui-Oui (D15) and Gairney racing, 1922. Oui Oui was designed by the Danish yacht designer Johan Anker

Start of Cowes to Weymouth Race, August 1913. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Start of Cowes to Weymouth Race, August 1913

Saling yacht Asphodel (K5) with prize flags, 1922. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Saling yacht Asphodel (K5) with prize flags, 1922

The 6 Metre Flya (K13) sailing close-hauled, 1921. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 6 Metre Flya (K13) sailing close-hauled, 1921

The 6 Metre class Maid Marion (K22) and Freesia (K11), 1921

The 6 Metre yacht Polly (K10) sailing upwind, 1921. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 6 Metre yacht Polly (K10) sailing upwind, 1921

The cutters Rosamond, Carina and Sonya racing downwind, 1911. Creator
The cutters Rosamond, Carina and Sonya racing downwind, 1911

Start of Cowes to Weymouth Race, August 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Start of Cowes to Weymouth Race, August 1911

The cutter Onda sailing under spinnaker, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The cutter Onda sailing under spinnaker, 1911

The racing cutters The Lady Anne and Istria running downwind, 1912. Creator
The racing cutters The Lady Anne and Istria running downwind, 1912

Start of W Class race: Squirrel (3), Jadi (26), Diana (8), Emerald (27), Melody (28), 1931

The cutter Minstrel competing in the round Island Race, 1938. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The cutter Minstrel competing in the round Island Race, 1938. (Possibly the 1913, William Fife designed yawl that was later converted to a bermudan sloop.)

Group of racing yachts before the start of the Cowes to Weymouth Race, 1913. Creator
Group of racing yachts before the start of the Cowes to Weymouth Race, 1913

The three ketches Julnar, Cariad and Corisande racing upwind, 1913. Creator
The three ketches Julnar, Cariad and Corisande racing upwind, 1913

Stern view of W Class boats racing downwind, 1933. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Stern view of W Class boats racing downwind, 1933

HMY Victoria and Albert and the Russian Imperial Yacht Standart at Cowes, 1909. Standart was built by order of Emperor Alexander III of Russia

Start of race at East Cowes Sailing Club, July 1921. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Start of race at East Cowes Sailing Club, July 1921

Group of East Cowes Sailing Club Boats, July 1921. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Group of East Cowes Sailing Club Boats, July 1921

Crowds on the water front during a regatta, c1930. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Crowds on the water front during a regatta, c1930. People strolling along the front, possibly at Cowes in the Isle of Wight, with ships decked in flags in the distance

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