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This photograph features jockey Willie Simms after his 1897 Suburban Handicap victory on Ben Brush at Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Brooklyn, New York City.

This photograph features the three jockeys (from left to right) Sam Doggett, Willie Simms, and Fred Taral pictured in 1894 at Morris Park Racecourse in the Bronx, New York.

Doggett was one of the country’s top riders in the mid-1890s, and Simms…

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,…

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.

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…