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Photograph of the Thoroughbred stallion, "Hanover", who ran in fifty races and won thirty-two securing $120,912 in prize money. He sired the prize winners of 1896-1898 and is in stud at McGranthia, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America in the early 20th century.

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Photograph of the 6 year-old chestnut heavy-weight Hunter, "Orator" whose sire was "Oritlambe". The horse won first at Newark, Peterboro, Essex and Leicester and the Fifty-Guinea Champion Cup at the Royal Lancaster Show in the early 20th century.

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Photograph of Mr. G. Mitchell, a well-known Cornish rider, winning his 300th first prize on "Tit", a mare which he purchased from the Army authorities, at the Tregney Horse Show near Truro in 1919.

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Photograph of a herd of Hungarian stud racehorses grazing in a field in the hills of Kalosvar, [Hungary] in the early 20th century.

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Photograph of Judge Farrant on his horse, "Thornton-le-Moor" jumping over the last jump and 'winning the heavyweight race at the Bar Point-to-Point Steeplechase at Crouch House Farm, Edenbridge.' He also won the lightweight race on his horse, "Bar-le-Duc" in the early 20th century.

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Two photographs from the Sunday Pictorial, one showing the actress, Edith Thornton jumping from horseback to a motorcycle and the other showing Major Giffod's horse, "Flying Mercury" in the jumping competition at the Bath and West England Show in Salisbury in the early 20th century.

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Two photographs from a newspaper featuring racehorses and show jumping in the early 20th century. The top image is of the of the American racehorse, "Man O' War" owned by Mr. Samuel Riddle and said to be 'the greatest thoroughbred in the history of the Turf.' The bottom image is of three competitors at the Aldershot Horse Show going over one of the jumps with the middle horse failing to clear the gate and bringing it down.

Scope and Contents Ridgeway mentions Lydekker and Lankester's work on the preorbital part of the skulls of race horses and their theory that the 'blood-horse' derives from the Indian Equus sivalensis. Ridgeway believes that it is more likely to derive from Africa and Equus stenosis and asks Ewart if he has noticed any preorbital depressions in the skulls of Celtic ponies, as this could support the argument that the Celtic pony is a separate species or...

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Photograph from a newspaper from 27 September 1920 entitled, Outsider's Victory, showing the racehorse 'Royal Hussar' beating 'Fancy Man', 'the favourite for the Cambridgeshire by half a length in the Lambourn Welter Handicap at Newbury, England.' The text notes that the winner was a 100-8 outsider.

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Photograph of the racehorse, Cylette, lying in the grass with a group of men and policemen standing behind after it fell down dead once finishing the Nimble Plate race at Windsor in 1919. The photograph on the right is of the horse's owner, Madame Varipati.