One hundred years ago, a jockey and horse match race were front page news.
 |
| October 21st, 1923 |
About it wikipedia says:
On October 20, 1923, one of the most significant match races in worldwide thoroughbred racing took place at Belmont Park on Long Island, New York with a purse of $100,000 up for grabs in a special race called the International Stakes, set to run 1 ½ miles. The two horse race brought the Kentucky Derby winner against vs. the Epsom Derby winner, Papyrus....
Zev's victory marked the first time a Kentucky Derby winner defeated an English Derby winner.
An important reason there was so much local attention was the jockey riding the winning horse, Earl Sande, had parents who lived here in Salem. His mother was also featured on the front page.
 |
| October 21st, 1923 |
The year before, his holiday visit was featured on an interior page.
 |
| January 11th, 1922 |
In the lead up to the match race in 1923, the paper claimed him in the headline as a Salemite. The body said clearly, however, that he "occasionally visits Salem between racing seasons."
 |
| October 4th, 1923 |
Later in the month a print of a newsreel on the race was rushed to Salem to play for three days. It was said to be the first print on the west coast.
 |
| October 25th, 1923 |
It turns out he's buried here in Salem at Belcrest, and the paper featured him and his burial in 2006. In horse racing history he's a Hall of Famer.
 |
| July 22nd, 2006 |
No comments:
Post a Comment