Vintage horse racing program from September 17, 1938 at Havre-de-Grace featuring the Eastern Shore Handicap. This race had future Hall of Famer CHALLEDON in it, and he ended up running off the board before going on to a pretty brilliant career that included a win in the Preakness Stakes and a runner-up finish in the Kentucky Derby along with the Hollywood Gold Cup and many other handicap races.
This program has a small amount of writing throughout, mostly with the changes, odds and scratches marked. The Eastern Shore is barely marked at all, but some of the earlier races have a bit more writing. The staples on this are very strong with no rust, and there are no rips, tears or folds on this this. Overall in very nice condition. Please view the pictures to judge the condition for yourself, and feel free to contact me with any questions. Starting this with a $1 opening bid and no reserve!
Shipping is $7.95, which includes insurance and shipping this flat in a box for extra protection. It will be packed and shipped very securely.
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Vintage horse racing program from December 25, 1936 at Santa Anita Park. This was opening day of the meet and featured the Christmas Stakes that included the legendary Seabiscuit running for owner Charles S. Howard, trainer Tom Smith and jockey Red Pollard. The Biscuit was ultimately scratched from this race due to rain and a heavy track, and Goldeneye ended up with the win.
This program is in remarkable condition with no writing at all. This was printed on very heavy paper stock compared to most Santa Anita programs of the era and includes a centerfold with a cool menu from the famous Derby restaurant. Just about every other program I've ever seen from this era at Santa Anita is printed on that brownish recycled-looking paper, however, this appears to be some kind of special edition program (perhaps distributed in the clubhouse or to VIPs, I'm not really sure). This is noticeably whiter than other programs of the time, especially the covers. The pages are also much thicker, and the covers have some sort of textured paper. Again, I'm not sure exactly how rare this version is or how it came to be, but it's definitely different than most (we have another program from this same day that is the regular brownish paper, so there were two versions of the program on this day). The center pages with the wine list in this program are not in the regular program we have from this day.
There is a touch of staple rust as you can see, but otherwise it's hard to find much fault with this program except for a touch of wear on the corners and some minor surface creases if you look hard enough. We have seen hundreds of programs from the 1930s and this is one of the best examples in terms of condition. Please review the photos and use the magnify feature to review the condition for yourself. We guarantee satisfaction with the racing items we sell, so if you are not happy with it then it can be returned for a full refund, assuming it is returned in the same condition of course.
Shipping is $7.95, which includes a rigid mailer reinforced with cardboard for protection and insurance.
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Specifics
- Refund will be given as: Money Back
- Condition: Used
- All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
- Restocking Fee: No
- Item must be returned within: 30 Days
- Product: Program
- Return shipping will be paid by: Seller