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Title
British trainer claims Americans 'bet-happy
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Brich, George
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1962
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph article dated February 1, 1962 partially reads, "David Sandford Evans relaxed in his Chatsworth rental after a morning working his horses and explained why steeplechasing, popular in his native England, is not popular in America. Simply: 'Steeplechase betting in America is illegal.' In England, said Evans, 'people put up a couple of shillings just to have a jolly good time watching a race.' But in America, 'half the people at the track wouldn't have the slightest idea horses are running if they didn't have a bet on them.'" Photograph caption reads, "Evans says training horses 'is really quite easy.' 'Training the owner is quite a different thing.'; See images #00130689 through #00130691 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00130689
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d035_f38_i10
CARL0005519150
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/61421
Subject
Steeplechasing--Betting--California--Los Angeles
Steeplechasing--California--Los Angeles
Horses--Training--California--Los Angeles
Horse trainers--California--Los Angeles
Horses--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Chatsworth (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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