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This photograph features three clubhouse bookmakers, or bookies, at Morris Park Racecourse.

This photograph features a group of jockeys at the Coney Island Jockey Club's Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Brooklyn, New York City in June 1908.

This photograph features Thoroughbred owner James B. "Diamond Jim" Brady and jockey Arthur Redfern in conversation at Saratoga Race Course in 1905.

Brady, Gilded Age businessman and financier, is often remembered for his voracious appetite and…

This photograph features riders dismounting after the 1904 Excelsior Handicap at Jamaica Racetrack.

Jockey Samuel Doggett and groom with Charade after their win in the 1893 Metropolitan Handicap at Morris Park Racecourse in Westchester County, New York

Conformation shot of the American Thoroughbred Domino.

Hall of Famer Domino was foaled in 1891. He raced for three seasons (1893 to 1895) with a record of 19-2-1 from 25 starts, earning $193,550.

His career earnings were not surpassed until…

Trainer William Lakeland’s staff with U.S. earnings record holder Domino; circa 1895

This photograph features trainer Frank McCabe at the Pimlico 1909 Spring Meet.

McCabe began his career in racing as a jockey before becoming the stable foreman for Hall of Fame trainer James Gordon Rowe. Within a few years, McCabe began training…

This photograph, taken around 1895, features jockey Fred Littlefield with escort after an injury.

Stable boy with jockey George Taylor; circa 1890