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MARCH-APRIL 2017

HORSES AND HORSE RACING IN CALIFORNIA

CALIFORNIA HISTORY SECTION DISPLAY

VISIT OUR CURRENT DISPLAY: WILDFLOWERS IN CALIFORNIA

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INTRODUCTION

And they’re off! Get caught up in the excitement of a horse race and the tense moments of a competitive horse show through our carefully curated selection of images, ephemera and books. If you want more information about how to research the history of horses using our collection, consider viewing our research guide to Horse Racing and Showing in California or contacting us via the following methods.

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V ISUALS

California Jockey Club. 1896. Grand Stand Admission Badge. N.S. : California Jockey Club. Ticket.

California Rodeo: Salinas Big Week, July 28 to Aug 3, 1913. 1913. San Francisco : Irvine & Jachens. Button.

California State Fair, Sacramento, Sept. 1 to 8, 1928. 1928. Graphic.

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Huber, Valentine. 1894. With whip and spur. San Francisco, Sherman, Clay & Co. Sheet Music.

Look well to your horses. 1884. N.S. : John West. Broadside.

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M.L. Lusk. 1908. The Trotting Stallion Almaden, 2:22 1/4 Will Make the Season of 1908. Sacramento: News Pub. Co.. Pamphlet.

Mona Wilkes, Performing the Fastest Heat That Was Ever Paced by a California Bred Horse in Cala Santa Rosa July 29th 08. 1908. Graphic.

Muybridge, Eadweard, and Gallery Morse’s. 1878. The Stride of a Trotting Horse. Graphic.

Nahl, Charles. c1857. …California. San Francisco: Armstrong and Eastman. Graphic.

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Pacific Coast Jockey Club. 1895. Complimentary Coupon. N.S. : Pacific Coast Jockey Club. Coupon Book.

Pacific Coast Jockey Club. 1896. [Ticket]. N.S. : Pacific Coast Jockey Club. Ticket.

Pacific, Electric Railway Company. 19-?. Racing at Santa Anita, Arcadia, Dec. 25 to Mar. 12, 1:30 P.M. Graphic.

Picture of horse 'Occident' . 1872, Sept 28. Sacramento: J.A. Todd. Graphic.

San Francisco, The Call, New Era Edition, Dec., 19th 1897 San Francisco (2 Views). 1897. Graphic.

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Santa Anita Rancho (4 Views). 1895. Graphic.

Tanforan Race tracks. 1923, November 23. Graphic.

View of two contestants at Stadium Race Track, Golden Gate Park. 1918, June 23. Graphic.

Woman riding side-saddle, on horse posed by fence. c1880's. Monterey: C. W. J. Johnson. Graphic.

BOOKS

Carpenter, Marian K., and Pat Close. 1999. Arabian Legends: Outstanding Arabian Stallions and Mares. Colorado Springs, Colo: Western Horseman.

Holtzclaw, Kenneth M., and Mar Thoroughbred Club Del. 2006. Del Mar Racetrack. Images of Sports. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing.

Jaenke, Margaret Wellman, Tony Mauricio, and Museum Hamilton. 2008. Around Anza Valley. Images of America. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub.

BOOKS

Joens, Michael R. 2005. Blood Reins. 1st ed. New York: Thomas Dunne Books.

Ross, Gary, and Laura Hillenbrand. 2003. Seabiscuit: The Screenplay. New York: Ballantine Books.

Stormes, Chuck, and Don Reeves. 2010. Luis Ortega’s Rawhide Artistry: Braiding in the California Tradition. The Western Legacies Series, v. 7. Norman: University of Oklahoma.

OTHER V ISUALS B IBLIOGRAPHY

A Bronk [Sic]. 1934. N.S. : Dane and Mary Poolidge. Graphic. Cal Expo Racing Association. 1985. General Admission: C.S.E.A.

Day. N.S. : Cal Expo Racing Association. Ticket. California State Fair Sacramento. Sept. 2-11, 1938. Sticker. Cal-Norte American Horse Association. 1981. All-Breed Stal-

lion Parade and private treaty sale: September 13, '81. N.S. : N. I. Broadside.

Davis Photo. N.S. Handling a wild one - at a Rodeo. N.S. : Davis Photo. Postcard.

Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. 1983. Del Mar, Jul 27-Sept 14. San Diego: Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. Program.

Golden Gate Fields. 1953 October 22. Golden Gate Fields: Offi-cial Program. N.S.: William Daniel & Son. Program.

Horseman's Quarter Horse Racing Association. 1983. Horse-men's Quarter Horse Racing Association presents night racing at Los Alamitos: Nov. 8, 1983 through Jan 17, 1984 7:45 p.m. Los Alamitos: Horseman's Quarter Horse Racing Associa-tion. Program.

Kremlin. N.D. N.S. : J & P Coats. Graphic. Pony Post. N.S. : N.I. Label. Press Box is in these two different views. (Judges?). Graphic. Race Track Brand. San Francisco: Louis Boesch Co. Graphic. Salinas: Shell gasoline. N.S.: N.I. Graphic. The Right Pace at the Right Time for your group: Fairplex Park, April

22-June 21. N.D. N.S. : Fairplex Park. Advertisement. Western Fairs Association Inc. 1954. Explanation Chart: Horse

racing revenue received by State Controller and distribution of the revenue, Fiscal year July 1, 1953-June 30, 1954. N.S. : West-ern Fairs Association Inc. Chart.

OTHER BOOKS B IBLIOGRAPHY

Armstrong & company. 1881. Celebrated Horses of America. Ed-ited by Scott Leighton and Henry Stull. Boston: Armstrong & co.

Austin, Barbara E. 1962. A Story of Rancho Del Paso: Straight from the Horses Mouth. Sacramento, Calif.: Sacramento State College Alumni Association.

Barich, Bill. 1980. Laughing in the Hills. New York: Viking Press.

Burns and Waterhouse. 1900. Thoroughbreds, Property of Burns & Waterhouse. San Francisco.

California Breeders Association. n.d. The Thoroughbred in Cali-fornia. [N.p.].

Frank, Wallace. 1964. “History of Thoroughbred Racing in California.”

Garbutt, Bernard. 1976. The Day of the Horse. 1st ed. Flagstaff, Ariz.: Northland Press.

Greenwald, John A. 1992. Saddleback Sightseeing in California: A Guide to Rental Horses, Trail Rides, and Guest Ranches. Bald-win Park, CA: Gem Guides Book Company.

J.L. LeBerthon (Firm). 1906. Fourth Season- Ascot Park- Los An-geles Jockey Club Opens Thursday, November 29th, 1906: The Saratoga of Midwinter Racing. Los Angeles, Calif.: J. L. LeBerthon.

Jurmain, Claudia K., David Sievert Lavender, and Larry L. Meyer. 2011. Rancho Los Alamitos: Ever Changing, Always the

Same. Berkeley, Calif. : Long Beach, Calif: Heyday ; Ran-cho Los Alamitos Foundation.

Los Angeles Turf Club. 1994. The Santa Anita Park Media Guide. Arcadia, Calif: Los Angeles Turf Club.

Los Rancheros Visitadores. 1955. Twenty-Fifth Anniversary, 1930-1955. Santa Barbara, Calif: Los Rancheros Visita-

OTHER BOOKS B IBLIOGRAPHY

dores. Marvin, Charles, and Leslie E. Macleod. 1890. Training the

Trotting Horse: A Natural and Improved Method Educating Trot-ting Colts and Horses. New York: Marvin Pub. Co.

Ortega, Luis Birabent. 1948. California Hackamore (La Jaquima): An Authentic Story of the Use of the Hackamore. Sacramento, Calif: News Publishing Co.

Pacific Coast Jockey Club. 1923. Inaugural Meeting, 1923: Tan-foran Racecourse. San Bruno, California.

Parsons, Edgar W. 1990. Horses on and off. Sacramento, Calif: E.W. Parsons.

Payne, Muriel Hopkins, ed. 2015. Intrigue: The stallion “John Nelson” and the Pitcher Family Dynasty. United States: Print-er, Urban Arts Press.

Pratt, Lorenzo S. 1909. Track and Field; Devoted to the Advance-ment of the Harness Horse, Motor Boats, Automobiles and Athlet-ics. [Sacramento: L. S. Pratt].

Rancho Los Alamitos. 1970. [Long Beach, Calif.? Reese, Herbert Harshman. 1958a. The Kellogg Arabians; Their

Background and Influence. Los Angeles: Borden Pub. Co. ———. 1958b. The Kellogg Arabians; Their Background and In-

fluence. Los Angeles: Borden Pub. Co. San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Association. 1891. Correct Card

of the Races. Stockton, [Calif.]: San Joaquin Valley Agricul-

tural Assoc. : Stockon Mail, printers and bookbinders. Santa Anita Rancho, Los Angeles Co. 1916. Santa Anita Rancho

and Anoakia Breeding Farm Collection of Imported Purebred, and Homebred, Registered Thoroughbred, Arabian and Percheron Horses; Jacks and Jennets; Berkshire and Poland-China Swine; Holstein-Friesian Cattle. Private Catalog, 1916. [Los Angeles: Geo. Rice & Sons.

OTHER BOOKS B IBLIOGRAPHY

Smithsonian Institution. 1980. Man Made Mobile: Early Saddles of Western North America. Edited by Richard E. Ahlborn. Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, no. 39.

Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.

Steele, Rufus, and Mabel Walden Steele. 1941. Mustangs of the Mesas; a Saga of the Wild Horse. Los Angeles, Calif: M. W. Steele (Mrs. Rufus Steele).

Tevis, William S. 1922. The Horse. San Francisco, Calif: Priv. print.

Thayer, Bert Clark. 1948. Westward, Whoa! New York: Clay-ton Spicer Press.

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