SCORING, COMING UP FOR THE WORD. : LITTLE FRED, NEEDLE GUM, JESSIE WALES, BELLE OF BROOKLYN, OLD PUT, AND LADY WHITMAN : IN THEIR SPLENDID TROT ON THE PROSPECT PARK FAIR GROUNDS MAY 29TH 1869. . . .
Scoring, Coming Up for the Word. : Little Fred, Needle Gum, Jessie Wales, Belle of Brooklyn, Old Put, and Lady Whitman : in Their Splendid Trot on the Prospect Park Fair Grounds May 29th 1869. . . .
Lithograph, hand colored, 1869.
Image size 16 15/16 x 26 3/8" (43.1 x 66.9 cm).
Good condition and color save for repaired tear in upper margin. and light staining to outer margins. LOCATION: New York City
Inventory Number: 45569
Price: $1,250.00
Publisher : New York published by Currier & Ives 152 Nassau Street.
J. Cameron, del in stone lower right. Lith of Currier & Ives. Title continues "Prospect Park Fair Grounds (Brooklyn, LI) Saturday May 29th 1869. Premium $1000, $700 tot he first, $200 to the second, $100 to the third horse, Mile Heats best 3 in harness." [plus coloumn of finishes and below that best times for the race]. The horses and drivers of the high-wheeled sulkies are identified below the image. A total of thirteen lines in the title. 18th-19th Century Subjects, Horses - Sporting & Racing, Trotting