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Creation Date
9-1933
Sex of the horse
Mare
Stable/ Owner
Frank P. Fox
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Stable/Owner Location
Lewiston, Maine
Driver Name
Frank P. Fox
Race
2.20 Class Trot and Pace
Description
Black and white photo of bay mare Dreamlight, owner/driver Frank P. Fox up in the 2.20 Class Trot and Pace at the Cumberland Farmers' Club Agricultural Fair races, September 1933. The annual harness races in 1933 were dedicated to Frank P. Fox, dubbed "the Grand Old Man of Turf," who was identified in his March 10, 1935 New York Times obituary, as the oldest harness racer in the United States. Fox drove his first race at age 14 in a high-wheel sulky. Fox drove for more than 65 years.
Keywords
Standardbred horses, American Standardbred racehorses, Maine harness racing, Maine horse racing, Sulky racing, Trotting races, New England harness racing, Agricultural Fair races, 1933b album
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