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Jumping (Horsemanship)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = TD

Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:

A Guardsman's Crash, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2001
Scope and Contents

Photograph of Mr. R Minto falling off his horse, "Gladiator", during the Coldstream Guards' Regimental Challenge Cup Steeplechase at Warden Hill, Oxfordshire in the early/mid 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

A Hero of the Steeplechase Goes Into Retirement, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2157
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the horse, "Jerry M", 'the famous steeplechaser owned by Sir C G Assheton-Smith, Bart.' in honour of it going into retirement in 1913.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

A "Last Ditcher", 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2171
Scope and Contents

Photograph from the Sunday Pictorial newspaper of the horse, "White Cockade" falling and unseatting his jockey at an open ditch during the Past and Present Steeplechase, Grand Military Meeting at Sandown Park in 1920.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

A New High Jump Record: Landlock Clears 7 Ft., 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/3069
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the horse, "Landlock" clearing 7 ft. going over a jump at the Denman High Jump competition in Sydney, Australia and setting a record in April 1914.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

A Real Cropper, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/1996
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the horse, "Sunlight III" taking a bad spill with his jockey during the Birmingham Selling Steeplechase on 2 December, 1920.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Aged But Agile, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2000
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the 10 year old horse, Jurat 'taking a water jump in fine style at a Riviera horse show where it gained a 500 franc prize' in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Among the Flying Hoofs at Kempton, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2020
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the horse "Shallogan" and his jockey, Escott, suffering a bad fall at the Norbiton Steeplechase at Kempton in 1921. The image shows the horse and jockey on the ground as three other horse ride and jump over them, neither were hurt.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

At Becher's Brook Saxby Falls From Horse, "Svetoi", 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/3065
Scope and Contents

Photographs from the Sunday Pictorial showing jockey, Brook Saxby's bad fall from his horse, "Svetoi", at Becher's [Brook] fence at the Grand National in the early 20th century with the second image showing several policemen picking up the unconscious man from the racetrack.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

But No Damage Done, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/1948
Scope and Contents

Newspaper photograph of a horse and rider suffering a bad fall 'at the first jump in a jumping competition' in Melbourne (Australia) Horse Show in 1922. Fortunately both the rider and the horse were unhurt and completed the race. The image shows the rider lying on the ground in front of the log jump with the horse suspended in mid-air.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

During the Windsor Drag, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/1971
Scope and Contents

Photographs showing two images from after the Windsor Drag horse show near Shardeloes, Amersham and and an image of a horse that sold at a record price at Newmarket. The first two images show, a dog leaping over one of the horse jumping fences; and the other shows Captain Seymour on his horse jumping 'through' the rails of the fence. The third image shows the brood mare, "Salamandra" that was sold to Lord Furnes for 16,000 guineas during the Newmarket sales in December 1920.

Dates: 1870s-1930s