The Race Jerome Park, N.Y.
The Race Jerome Park, N.Y.
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- Description
- A colored print of a race between ten horses observed by a crowd on the sidelines. The jockeys wear yellow breeches and colorful jackets. The park is covered with turf and shady trees.
- Jerome Park Racetrack opened on September 25, 1866 in Fordham, Westchester County, New York, which now forms part of the Bronx. The American Jockey Club operated this facility on what was once the Bathgate estate. It was owned by Leonard W. Jerome, who helped found the Jockey Club, and August Belmont, Sr. The course was known as “The Bluff” and hosted the first Belmont Stakes in honor of its owner and President of the Jockey Club in 1867. It ran there until 1890 until it was moved to the Morris Park Racetrack. Visits to Jerome Park were integral to New York City social life. In 1894, Jerome Park was scheduled to be turned into a reservoir for the city because the popularity of racing had begun to decline and “bookmaking” was introduced, lowering the class of the facility to the chagrin of the American Jockey Club, which later banned the activity. The prohibition of betting was the final factor in the downfall of Jerome Park.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- lithograph
- Object Type
- Lithograph
- date made
- 1869
- maker
- Kelly, Thomas
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- Physical Description
- ink (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- image: 17 in x 25 in; 43.18 cm x 63.5 cm
- ID Number
- DL.60.2824
- catalog number
- 60.2824
- accession number
- 228146
- Credit Line
- Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
- subject
- Horses
- Chronology: 1860-1869
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- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Art
- Peters Prints
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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