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Actress Mae West & the 1936 Santa Anita Handicap...
Actress Mae West & the 1936 Santa Anita Handicap...
Item # 721489
February 23, 1936
CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, Feb. 23, 1936
* Hollywood actress Mae West
* Wins a horse race gambling bet
* 1936 Santa Anita Handicap (Top Row)
The top of page 17 has a two column photo with heading: "Police Guard Actress" with article. And the front page of the sport's section (inside) has a banner headline: "TOP ROW WINS $100,000 RACE: DISCOVERY 7TH" with subheads. (see images) Two related photos as well.
Complete with 50+ pages, rag edition in very nice condition. A few small binding holes along the spine.
background: Top Row, a bay stallion foaled in 1931 and bred by Elsie Cassatt Stewart, pulled off a commanding victory in the 1936 Santa Anita Handicap (then the world’s richest horse race) at 1¼ miles, registering a time of 2:04.20 while carrying the colours of owner‑trainer Albert A. Baroni and ridden by jockey Wayne D. Wright. Prior to this triumph, Top Row had already set a world record for a mile and a sixteenth in 1934, and his victory in the Santa Anita marked the apex of his racing career, helping elevate his damsire High Time to leading broodmare sire status in North America.
Category: The 20th Century
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