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Title in Edison films catalog: 6,000 free-for-all pace at Charter Oak Park
Six thousand dollar free-for-all pace at Charter Oak Park
CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1897.
SUMMARY
From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: Shows a part of the enormous crowd and the start and finish of the free-for-all pacing race, in which the fastest harness horse in the world, John R. Gentry (2:00-1/2), the coming Star Pointer and Frank Agan competed for a purse of 6,000. The heat we photographed was won by Star Pointer in the fast time of 2:04-3/4.
From Edison films catalog: Great horse racing on the famous Hartford track, showing start and finish of a 2.04-3/4 heat run by the fastest harness horse in the world, John R. Gentry. 5 feet. 7.50.
NOTES
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 31July1897; 43418.
Duration: 0:26 at 30 fps.
Filmed July 5, 1897, at Charter Oak Park race track, Hartford, Connecticut.
Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, 1997, p. 314; Niver, K.R. Early motion pictures, 1985; Edison films catalog, no. 94, March 1900, p. 56 [MI]; Maguire & Baucus. Fall catalogue, 1897, p. 9 [MI].
SUBJECTS
Harness racing--Connecticut--Hartford.
Harness racehorses--Connecticut--Hartford.
Horse racing--Connecticut--Hartford.
Racetracks (Horse racing)--Connecticut--Hartford..
Hartford (Conn.)
Horses--Connecticut--Hartford.
Actuality
RELATED NAMES
White, James H. (James Henry), production.
Heise, William, camera.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
MEDIUM
1 reel of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. ref print.
1 roll of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos.
CALL NUMBER
FEC 2761 (ref print)
LC 882 (paper pos)
REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D. C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID
edmp 0882 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/edmp.0882
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