Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives / Names: Santa Anita Park (Arcadia, Calif.) - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Aerial view of the Santa Anita horse paddock, likely taken on opening day of the track's fourth racing season.
Date:: [December 25, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Bugle player on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season. On this day, over 50,000 spectators wagered a total of $789,159 on the eight races held, toppling the previous records of 40,000 people and $599,009 wagered. Big winners of the day were horse He Did, who won the feature race by more than a length and Bing Crosby's horse High Strike, who won his sixth straight race.
Date:: December 25, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Bugle player on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season. On this day, over 50,000 spectators wagered a total of $789,159 on the eight races held, toppling the previous records of 40,000 people and $599,009 wagered. Big winners of the day were horse He Did, who won the feature race by more than a length and Bing Crosby's horse High Strike, who won his sixth straight race.
Date:: December 25, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Clarence Fullbright, press box attendant at Santa Anita Racetrack
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Construction on the grandstand at Santa Anita Park. This addition was built at the west end of grandstand and would enlarge the capacity by 3000-5000 seats. The construction was part of a $150,000 plan to improve the park, which also included tunnels built under the track, infield landscaping, and installation of new betting facilities. The improvement plan was announced by Dr. Charles H. Strub, general manager of the Los Angeles Jockey Club on March 5, 1935.
Date:: between 1935-1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Spectators on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season. On this day, over 50,000 spectators wagered a total of $789,159 on the eight races held, toppling the previous records of 40,000 people and $599,009 wagered. Big winners of the day were horse He Did, who won the feature race by more than a length and Bing Crosby's horse High Strike, who won his sixth straight race.
Date:: December 25, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Jockeys walk with horses at Whitney Stables in Santa Anita Park.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Race horse "He Did" who won the Christmas Handicap by more than a length on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season.
Date:: December 25, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Spectators on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season. On this day, over 50,000 spectators wagered a total of $789,159 on the eight races held, toppling the previous records of 40,000 people and $599,009 wagered. Big winners of the day were horse He Did, who won the feature race by more than a length and Bing Crosby's horse High Strike, who won his sixth straight race.
Date:: December 25, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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