Summary
Programme issued by the Agua Caliente Jockey Club for the Handicap Day race meeting, held at Agua Caliente race track on Sunday, March 20th, 1932.
This race was significant as the first, and only, race run and won by Phar Lap outside of Australia.
This copy is handsigned by jockey Bill Elliot to his trainer Harry Telford, who had remained in Australia.
Physical Description
Program consists of multiple long rectangular paper pages bound between two card covers and secured along the top by two metal staples. Printed on the cover is a silhouette of a horse and jockey racing, while along the bottom is a drawing of the grandstand at Agua Caliente racetrack. These images are surrounded by navy blue and red print. There is also an inscription handwritten in black ink down the left side. Inside are details of the various races as well as advertising dotted throughout. There are also some handwritten notes on the page that detail the thirteenth race. On the back cover is some printed information detailing the introduction of the Daily Double.
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Acquisition Information
Cultural Gifts Donation from Mrs Nancy Telford, 1999
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Acknowledgement
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
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Publisher
Agua Caliente Jockey Club, Agua Caliente, Tijuana, Mexico, 1932
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Printer
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User
Mr William (Bill) Elliot, Agua Caliente, Tijuana, Mexico, 1932
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Inscriptions
Printed on front cover: WINTER RACE MEETING / SUNDAY, MARCH 20 / Official Program / AGUA CALIENTE / JOCKEY CLUB / HANDICAP DAY (followed by extensive text.) Handwritten along left side of front cover: To Mr H.R. Telford from Bill Elliot with best wishes Printed on back cover: The Daily Double / $2.00 STRAIGHT
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Overall Dimensions
9.8 cm (Length), 22.7 cm (Height)
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Exhibition Collection Management
10 mm (Length), 100 mm (Width), 230 mm (Height)
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