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This photograph features jockey Thomas H. Burns on the scales, with his weigh in overseen by a Clerk of Scales. There are two unidentified onlookers; and other men in suits, overcoats, and bowler hats are visible behind Burns.

Thomas Burns was the…

This photograph features the jockeys (from left to right) Thomas H. Burns and John J. Bullman, muddied after a race. Burns and Bullman are shaking hands and smiling directly at the camera. A fence and unidentified man are visible in the background.…

This photograph features jockeys W. Shaw, Thomas H. Burns, and Frank O'Neill sitting on a bench in suits and bowler hats in 1905.

Thomas Burns was the country’s top jockey by wins in 1898 and 1899. He claimed the 1898 Tennessee Derby atop Lieber…