Preview
Creation Date
9-12-1939
Sex of the horse
Gelding
Sire
Abbedale
Stable/ Owner
Reed Brothers
Rights and Access Note
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Stable/Owner Location
Fort Fairfield, Maine
Race
Oxford County Agricultural Races
Description
Black and white portrait of bay gelding, pacer Swingtime, held by Joyce Reed near the sheds at Cumberland County Fair Grounds. Joyce Reed was approximately 15 years old, and the daughter of George W. Reed. George and his brother, Walter M. Reed, Sr., were potato farmers from Fort Fairfield who also built a large stable of standard bred horses. Walter Reed's son, John Hathaway Reed went on to become Maine's 67th Governor.
Keywords
Standardbred horses, American Standardbred racehorses, New England harness racing, Maine harness racing, horse racing, Sulky racing, Trotting races, 1939d album
Image Location
Rights Statement
Dam
Unidentified