PUBLISHER: Copyright 1888, by Currier & Ives, New York.
MEDIUM: Chromolithograph,
DATE: 1888.
EDITION SIZE: Large folio - image size 18 x 27 1/2" (455 x 698 mm).
DESCRIPTION: Printed in oil colors, by Currier & Ives, 115 Nassau St. N.Y. In 1879, St. Julien, a California farm horse, set a record mile with 2:12 3/4. For the next six years these three trotters would best each other, shaving fractions of seconds off each previous record. Maud S. was even taken out of retirement in order to regain the title of America's fastest. This she captured and held in 1885, when she attained her topmost speed - one mile in 2 minutes, 8 3/4 seconds.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
CONDITION: Good condition and color.
REFERENCE: Conningham #3471.
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