Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph captures the rider-less horse, "Ima Count" (No. 3) running neck and neck with "Great Lover" at the finish line. Numbers 4 and 12 trail behind with an unidentified horse. Text from negative sleeve: 3054. Racing, 1-18-36. Santa Anita [Stamped:] Jan 23 1936 Text from newspaper caption: Ima Count (No. 3) unseated his rider, Charley Stevenson, at the start of the fourth race yesterday at Santa Anita, but gallantly finished the race, running a dead heat with Great Lover (on the rail). Ima Count, of course, was disqualified. Euryalis (No. 4) was second while Sundad (No. 12) was third. Great Lover paid $9.40, $4.60, $3.80 [Photo standalone: "Ima Count, the No-Account, Ran Dead Heat But It Didn't Count," Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 1936: A9]. Handwritten on negative: Racing 1-18-36
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image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_10308 ark:/21198/zz002hb7zn
Subject
Race horses Sundad (Race horse) Horse racing--California--Arcadia Ima Count (Race horse) Great Lover (Race horse) Euryalis (Race horse) Horse racetracks Santa Anita Park (Arcadia, Calif.)
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