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Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Photograph article dated March 3, 1961 partially reads, "The final examination of the winter semester of horse racing will be held tomorrow afternoon at Arcadia when 14 bright three-year-olds run a mile and an eight in the Santa Anita Derby. The amount of scholarship money to be awarded to the best students will be $145,100, gross... Guaranteed to draw most of the attention from the betting public was the All-Canadian entry of Flutterby and Four-And-Twenty, the property of Alberta Ranch owners Max Bell and Frank McMahon." Photograph caption reads, "Derby favorite - Trainer Vance Longden smiles at his star three-year-old Flutterby, favorite in tomorrow's $100,000 Santa Anita Derby."
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