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Spectators watch a race on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season, Arcadia, December 25, 1937

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Title: Spectators watch a race 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/zz0025gpx2
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Horse racing--California--Arcadia
Lifestyle
Sports
Spectators--California--Arcadia
Crowds--California--Arcadia
Entertainment
Santa Anita Park (Arcadia, Calif.)
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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