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Burns on the Scales
This photograph features jockey Thomas H. Burns on the scales, with his weigh in overseen by a Clerk of Scales.
Thomas Burns was the country’s top jockey by wins in 1898 and 1899. He claimed the 1898 Tennessee Derby atop Lieber Karl, the 1900 St.…
Thomas Burns was the country’s top jockey by wins in 1898 and 1899. He claimed the 1898 Tennessee Derby atop Lieber Karl, the 1900 St.…
Muddy Jockeys
This photograph features the jockeys (from left to right) Thomas H. Burns and John J. Bullman,
Thomas Burns was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1983
John Bullman won two consecutive Belmont stakes on Masterman…
Thomas Burns was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1983
John Bullman won two consecutive Belmont stakes on Masterman…
Three Jockeys
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…
Doggett was one of the country’s top riders in the mid-1890s, and Simms…
Group of Jockeys, 1891
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…
Front row (left to right): Fred Taral, Tony Hamilton, Tom Kiley, Marty Bergen.
Middle row (left to right): Isaac…
Jockeys at Hawthorne Race Course
This photograph features jockeys (from left to right) William Cox, Robert Willis, John H. Adams, and Anthony Skoronski at Hawthorne Race Course in May of 1952.
Arlington Park Jockeys, 1950
This photograph features jockeys (left to right) Gilbert Roser, Gene Earl Pederson, John Chestnut, John H. Adams, Logan Batcheller, Ovie D. Scurlock, and D.J. Wagner at Arlington Park on June 22, 1950.
Batcheller led the group by wins with 118…
Batcheller led the group by wins with 118…
Jockeys at Belmont, 1947
This photograph features jockeys (from left to right) Eddie Arcaro, Pandurang Khade, Conn McCreary, Ruperto Donoso, and Juan Pedro Artigas at Belmont Park in July of 1947.
Arcaro & Fitzsimmons at Saratoga
This photograph features jockey Eddie Arcaro with trainer James Edward "Sunny Jim" Fitzsimmons seated on a bench at Saratoga in August of 1958.
Arcaro, known as “The Master” of U.S. Thoroughbred racing, ascended to the country’s premier jockey…
Arcaro, known as “The Master” of U.S. Thoroughbred racing, ascended to the country’s premier jockey…
Isaac Burns Murphy at Salvator's Clambake
This photograph features legendary jockey Isaac Burns Murphy (third from the right), with several other guests at a clambake hosted by trainer Matt Byrnes following Murphy’s victory aboard Salvator in the 1890 Champion Stakes at Monmouth…
Gladys C. Whitney & Rigan McKinney
Steeplechase jockey Rigan McKinney is pictured in 1938 with Gladys Crosby Whitney, the then wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney.
McKinney rode primarily during the Great Depression years with much success, boasting winning percentages as high as…
McKinney rode primarily during the Great Depression years with much success, boasting winning percentages as high as…