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  • Collection: Keeneland Library Collection

KentuckyAssociationTrack, undated.tif
Features the grandstand of the Kentucky Association Track in Lexington, Kentucky. Established in 1826, the Lexington track closed in 1933.

Keeneland, Kids on Rail circa 1938.jpg
This photographs features kids on the rail watching the races at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky.

Man o' War with groom Will Harbut and sportscaster Clem McCarthy.jpg
Photograph of the American Thoroughbred Man o' War with his groom Will Harbut and sportscaster Clem McCarthy.

Thayer - Man o' War with Will Harbut.jpg
Photograph of the American Thoroughbred Man o' War with his groom Will Harbut. Harbut was Man o' War's groom at Faraway Farm from the fall of 1930 until the spring of 1946.

Newspaper headlines from around the world heralded Man o’ War (1917-1947)…

Visitor signing Man o' War's Faraway Farm guest book in 1929 (1).jpg
Photograph of a visitor signing the guestbook for the American Thoroughbred Man o' War at Faraway Farm in 1929.

Man o’ War was moved to Faraway Farm in 1922, and he spent the remainder of his life there. For much of the year, Faraway Farm received…

Visitor signing Man o' War's Faraway Farm guest book in 1929 (2).jpg
Photograph of a visitor signing the guestbook for the American Thoroughbred Man o' War at Faraway Farm in 1929.

Man o’ War was moved to Faraway Farm in 1922, and he spent the remainder of his life there. For much of the year, Faraway Farm received…

Private showing of Man o' War with groom Will Harbut at Faraway Farm.jpg
Photograph of the American Thoroughbred Man o' War with his groom Will Harbut at a private visitor showing at Faraway Farm in May of 1942.

Will Harbut was Man o' War's groom at Faraway from the fall of 1930 until the spring of 1946.

Man o’…

Man o' War being exercised.jpg
Photograph of the American Thoroughbred Man o' War exercising. In his years at Hinata and Faraway Farms, Man o’ War maintained a rigorous exercise regimen.

Newspaper headlines from around the world heralded Man o’ War (1917-1947) as “matchless,”…

Man o' War with groom John Buckner.jpg
Photograph of the American Thoroughbred Man o' War with his groom John Buckner.

John Buckner was Man o’ War’s groom from 1921 to 1930, and he followed Man o’ War from Hinata Farm to Faraway Farm in 1922. Buckner was previously employed by Hinata…

Man o' War's transport van.jpg
Photograph of the American Thoroughbred Man o' War with his groom John Buckner pictured beside Man o' War's transport van. Two other unidentified men are also pictured.

John Buckner was Man o’ War’s groom from 1921 to 1930, and he followed Man o’…
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