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"The Fighting Finish"... 1933 Kentucky Derby...
"The Fighting Finish"... 1933 Kentucky Derby...
Item # 701698
May 07, 1933
SPORT'S SECTION only of the Chicago Sunday Tribune, May 7, 1933
* "The Fighting Finish" Kentucky Derby
* Thoroughbred race horse Broker's Tip
* Only career victory
The front page of this section has a banner headline: "BROKER'S TIP WINS 59TH KENTUCKY DERBY" with subheads and two related photos, one showing the close finish. (see images) Broker's Tip is the only horse in history whose sole win was in the Kentucky Derby.
Complete sport's section only with 10 pages, rag edition in very nice condition. A few small binding holes along the spine.
wikipedia notes: The first two finishers of the race were Brokers Tip, ridden by Don Meade, and Head Play, ridden by Herb Fisher. Head Play led early, but Brokers Tip went through an opening on the inside to pull even. As the horses ran side-by-side down the stretch, their jockeys grabbed and whipped each other, and the race became known as the "fighting finish." The racing stewards declared Brokers Tip the winner by a nose. It was the only victory of his career.
Category: The 20th Century
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