A GREAT PICTURE OF A GREAT HORSE [caption title followed by 13 paragraphs of text]; Signed in type at the end “Thoroughbred Record, Lexington, Ky., June 10th, 1933.

Lexington, KY: Thoroughbred Record, 1933. Printed broadside, 11 x 4 inches, title in bold capitals. Praising a photograph of Man o’ War taken by Leonard S. Sutcliffe, “those who come after can through this picture more clearly visualize [Man o’ War’s] greatness than by any written or spoken word” and printing nine testimonials, including one by Harry Worcester Smith, offering further praise for the photograph. Accompanied by a photograph of Man o’ War, 4 5/8 x 6 ½ inches, noted in pencil on verso “Miss Daingerfield thinks this is the best picture of Man-o-War ever taken,” noting further “Taken by Prof. L. E. Nollen, Univ. of Ky., Lexington, Ky.” Daingerfield (1869-1951), daughter of the James H. Keene stock farm manager, was hired by Man o’ War’s owner, Sam Riddle, at the horse’s retirement in 1920 to care for him and serve as his stud manager. The broadside and photo are accompanied by four photographs of Lexington residences and horses, each with the backmark “L. S. Sutcliffe / Horse photographer,” and a fifth, taken at Piatt’s Brookdale Farm in Lexington, with the backmark of J. A. Estes. All of the material very good. For the lot of seven items, Item #67818

Price: $300.00