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Title
Spectators place their bets on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season, Arcadia, December 25, 1937
Date Created and/or Issued
December 25, 1937
1937-12-25
Publication Information
Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information
US
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Spectators on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season. On this day, over 50,000 spectators wagered a total of $789,159 on the eight races held, toppling the previous records of 40,000 people and $599,009 wagered. Big winners of the day were horse He Did, who won the feature race by more than a length and Bing Crosby's horse High Strike, who won his sixth straight race.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Crowds - Santa Anita - 12-25-37
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz0025gpqz
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Horse racing--California--Arcadia
Lifestyle
Wagers
Sports
Spectators--California--Arcadia
Entertainment
Santa Anita Park (Arcadia, Calif.)
Source
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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