Title

Star Gale wins

Photographer

Guy Kendall

Preview

Creation Date

10-13-1939

Sex of the horse

Gelding

Sire

Day Star

Dam

Gaiety Gale by Lee Axworthy

Stable/ Owner

Church Brothers

Rights and Access Note

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Stable/Owner Location

Cambridge, New York

Driver Name

Church

Race

Topsham Fair

Description

Sepia tone action photograph of the finish of the 2.09 Bar Trot at Topsham Fair on Friday, October 13, 1939. Black gelding, Star Gale, wearing head number one, Church up, finished in first with a time of 2.10. Finishing in second was bay gelding, Volo Grattan, wearing head number two, Tweedie up. Showing in third was bay colt, Single Trumpet, wearing head number seven, Safford up. The judges' stand can be seen in the background of the photo, decorated with patriotic bunting and topped with a large, loud-speaker system. Nearly a dozen men dressed in suits and fedoras, several of whom are race officials, populate the viewing balcony of the stand to watch the finish. Photographer Guy Kendall's signature is in the lower left corner of the photograph.