Race horse "Top Row" wins the Santa Anita Handicap race, Arcadia, 1936

Item Overview

Title

Race horse "Top Row" wins the Santa Anita Handicap race, Arcadia, 1936

Date Created

February 22, 1936

Date

1936-02-22

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Collection

OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

View of race horse, "Top Row," winning the Santa Anita Handicap race. Top Row is seen passing the tote board (totalisator) and crossing the finish line with 4 other horses following. The sign at the finish line reads "6. Feb. 22, 1936."

Caption

A similar photograph appears with the article, “Time Supply Gets Second; Rosemont Takes Third Spot. More Than 50,000 spectators see Baroni Horse Win $100,000 Santa Anita Classic." Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 1936: A1. The caption reads: Owned by A. A. Baroni of Reno, Nev., Top Row, 5-year-old horse ridden by Jockey Wayne Wright, is shown galloping to victory at Santa Anita yesterday afternoon before a record-breaking crowd of more than 50,000 fans. Time Supply (No. 18) is gamely trying to overhaul Top Row, while Rosemont is shown racing along in third place, half a length ahead of Azucar, last year's winner of the turf's richest prize. The time for the mile and one quarter was 2:04 1-5. Wide World photo by Floyd McCarty.
Handwritten on negative: Races, 2-21-36. Finish Handicaps. $100,000.
Text from negative sleeve: Santa Anita Club house. 2-28-36. 3054. by Bill Snyder. Feb. 1st, 1936. [Stamped:] FEB 28 1936.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Wright, Wayne Danforth, 1916- 2003
Santa Anita Park (Arcadia, Calif.)
Santa Anita Handicap (Horse race)

Location

Arcadia (Calif.)

Longitude

34.139548

Latitude

-118.045273

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Race horses
Horse racetracks
Top Row (Race horse)
Horse racing--California--Arcadia