| The World of Sports: Seabiscuit Wins Match Race | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1526 |
| Catalog #: | 347172 | |
| Clip Number: | 347172-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 010-693-06 | |
| Timecode: | 00:54:17 - 00:55:28 | |
| Location: | DEL MAR, CA | |
| Year Shot: | 1938 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Spectators, Sports LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, California PERSONALITIES: Crosby, Bing SPORTS/EQUESTRIAN: Thoroughbred Racing | |
| Description: | Image flickers slightly; a few shots of the race look somewhat overexposed, or else perhaps there was a slight fog that day. The World of Sports: Seabiscuit Wins Match Race "20,000 turf fans watch as Sea Biscuit (Seabiscuit), C. S. Howard's big money winner, noses out Ligaroti, owned by Bing Crosby, in a Shaky dull in contrast and imagery - DOS Sensational $25,000 Dual Classic, climaxed by a foul protest on the part of the losing jockey." Shot of a few horses in stable area; men adjust saddle and other equipment on the horse in foreground. TLS some of the horses parading along track before the race; jockey (George Woolf) rides Seabiscuit among them, slowly. MS two men in the stands; one wearing hat looks through binoculars then puts them down - this spectator seems to be Bing Crosby. WS two horses start race, Seabiscuit on the inside with jockey giving him a few hits to get moving; as they pass the midpoint of the track Seabiscuit is ahead by about a neck. WS crowd of spectators. LS the two horses racing on the far side of the track. Shot of spectators at ground level pressing against chain link fence, one young man sitting astride the fence, all watching intently. The two race down the final stretch, Seabiscuit still on the inside, and it's Seabiscuit by a nose! TLS, the two jockeys (Noel Richardson, a.k.a. Spec Richardson, rode Ligaroti) climb up and pass through a raised gazebo-type structure, perhaps a stand for judges or referees. | |
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