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Description
Golden Prince blanketed with flowers, with jockey Jack Parmalee, after winning the Coffroth Handicap race at the Agua Caliente Racetrack in Tijuana in 1929. A crowd is gathered around, including a girl holding a bouquet of flowers and a man holding the reins, possibly the trainer and owner Harry Unna. Reported in "GOLDEN PRINCE WINS RICH COFFROTH HANDICAP: PARMALEE IN BRILLIANT RIDE TO PILOT WINNER Naishapur Finishes Close Second; Scimitar Third at Tia Juana; Genie Fails in Turf Event," Huston, Ralph, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 1929: 11. Text from negative sleeve: Horses, Golden Prince.
Type
image
Format
b&w glass negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_b3707_G1976 ark:/21198/zz0002p1r0
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Race horses--Mexico--Tijuana (Baja California) Coffroth Handicap (Horse race) Spectators--Mexico--Tijuana (Baja California) Golden Prince (Race horse) Horse racing--Mexico--Tijuana (Baja California) Jockeys--United States Parmalee, Jack Hipódromo Agua Caliente (Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico)
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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