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Order Number
00044667
Title
Seabiscuit
and
Today
Collection ID
Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession
HE
box
6357
.
Date
1939
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
Description
Caption
: At
Santa
Anita
Racetrack
,
Seabiscuit
was
forced
into
retirement
when
, in
losing
to
Today
,
shown
in this
photo
, he
suffered
a
torn
suspensory
ligament
in his
right
front
leg
.
Owner
C
.
S
.
Howard
and
trainer
Tom
Smith
have
carefully
nursed
him
back
to
form
,
however
, and they
hope
the
leg
can
withstand
another
campaign
for the "
Hundred
Grander.
"
Later
,
Today
,
shown
here
beating
Seabiscuit
, was
himself
the
victim
of a
freak
accident
when
he
broke
his
neck
in a
bad
fall
at
Midwick
Country
Club
. He
reared
in
fright
while
being
walked
,
stumbled
and
fell
and
suffered
an
internal
hemorrhage
,
which
was
fatal
. He was
being
groomed
for
Santa
Anita
.
Subject
Seabiscuit (Race horse).
Today (Race horse).
Racetracks (Horse racing)--California--Arcadia.
Race horses--California--Arcadia.
Arcadia (Calif.).
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Howard, Charles S.
Format
Photographic prints
Reproduction Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at
http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html
for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
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