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This photograph, taken in 1891 at the Coney Island Jockey Club, features 15 of some of the country's best late 19th century jockeys.
Front row (left to right): Fred Taral, Tony Hamilton, Tom Kiley, Marty Bergen.
Middle row (left to right): Isaac…

This photograph, taken from the stands, features the 1894 match race between Henry of Navarre (Alonzo Clayton up), Clifford (Willie Simms up), and Domino (Fred Taral up) at Morris Park Racecourse. Henry of Navarre won the race by 3/4's of a length.

Trainer William Shields’ staff with Hermis after winning the 1904 Test Handicap at Brighton Beach Race Course in Brooklyn, New York City

Trainer Thomas Hitchcock’s staff with his string at Saratoga in 1903

This is a photographic portrait of jockey Isaac Burns Murphy.

Among his many notable wins, Murphy claimed victories at four of the first five American Derbies, three Kentucky Derbies, and five Latonia Derbies.

Murphy, the first jockey elected…

This portrait of James “Jimmy” Lee was taken in 1908 at the Coney Island Jockey Club in Brooklyn, New York.

Lee, ranked as the country’s second-best rider by wins in 1907, won all six races at Churchill Downs on June 5, 1907 — making Lee the only…

This photograph features the grandstand crowd at Sheepshead Bay Race Track on July 4, 1907.

This photograph features James Robert Keene's horses with grooms gathered under a tree at Saratoga Race Course.

Head shot of the American Thoroughbred King James with groom.

King James, son of Plaudit (1898 Kentucky Derby winner) out of Unsightly, was bred and foaled by John Madden in Kentucky.

He raced through age seven, primarily in the New York…

This photograph, taken in the 1890s, features the Thoroughbred Lamplighter with jockey Willie Simms up.

Lamplighter was the American Co-Champion Older Male Horse in 1893. He was owned by horseman and co-owner of the Monmouth Park Racetrack,…