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Grand Circuit Meet, Aug. 3, 1935, Rockingham Park
Grand Circuit Meet, Aug. 3, 1935, Rockingham Park
Kendall Photo Albums
Official Program for the Saturday, August 3, 1935 Grand Circuit Meet at Rockingham Park, Salem, N.H. The program includes the names of race officials, race lineups, and Kendall’s handwritten notes regarding changes in the lineup and race finishes. The program includes a preview of the Monday line up and the Hambletonian Stake in Goshen on August 14, 1935.
Official Score Card Union Park Trotting Association, August 2, 1935, Union Park Trotting Association
Official Score Card Union Park Trotting Association, August 2, 1935, Union Park Trotting Association
Kendall Photo Albums
The official score card for the Friday, August 2, 1935 Union Park Trotting Association Race Meet in Acton, Maine. The score card includes display ads from the Sanford area as well as the list of horses in the race field and Guy Kendall's handwritten notes on race finishes and changes in the field. Kendall mounted several race day photos inside the program.
Yankee Circuit, Sturbridge, Mass., July 20, 1935, Cedar Lake Park
Yankee Circuit, Sturbridge, Mass., July 20, 1935, Cedar Lake Park
Kendall Photo Albums
Score card for the Saturday, July 20, 1935 Yankee Circuit meet at Cedar Lake Park, Sturbridge, Massachusetts. The score card includes Guy Kendall's handwritten notes about race finishes and changes in the field.
A report published in the July 21, 1935 New York Times supports Kendall’s notes on the fourth race of the day, a 2.14 Trot in One Mile. Master Hanover, Hartman up, claimed the first place win in a time of 2.07 1/2, paying out a $36.20 win for a $2 to win bet. Kendall’s notes to not include an indication that he placed a bet on this …
Yankee Circuit, Northampton, Mass. July 4, 1935, Northampton Driving Park
Yankee Circuit, Northampton, Mass. July 4, 1935, Northampton Driving Park
Kendall Photo Albums
Score card for the July 4, 1935 Yankee Circuit meet at Northampton Driving Park, Northampton, Massachusetts. The scorecard includes the names of the day's racetrack officials and Guy Kendall's handwritten notes about race finishes and changes in the field. The front of the score card has the signature of Herbert Farnsworth, Jr. in pencil. The score card includes photographs mounted by Kendall.
Poem: Frank P. Fox, Unidentified
Poem: Frank P. Fox, Unidentified
Kendall Photo Albums
Two, anonymous poems printed, apparently in memory of Frank P. Fox.
The poem, Frank P. Fox is described: "This poem was suggested by the death of a famous old horseman known and loved wherever horses hoofs were heard."
Fox, identified in the March 11, 1935 New York Times as the "oldest harness racing driver in the United States" died on March 10, 1935 at the age of 82. Fox began his racing career at age 14 and raced actively until 1933. The last photograph taken by Guy Kendall of Frank Fox racing appears in this collection http://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/kendall_images/942/. Fox continued …