RM2BW20T1–Royal Henley Regatta, fashion parade of the river, opened with a heavy programme of races at Henley. The Hon. Nadine Stonor, daughter of Lady Camoys, wearing a heavy fur fashion watching the race at Henley. 30 June 1937
RMWHAYBA–America lagged far behind Europe in two-year-old racing. the invention of the six-furlong Futurity at Sheepshead Bay, at $40,900, the richest race ever run until then in America. It was a deliberate attempt by the Coney Island Jockey Club in 1888 to establish two-year-old racing as a major part of the programme. (Louis Maurer's picture is dated 1889, which has confused some historians). The inaugural race had a field of 14. it was won by Proctor Knott, a gelding by Luke Blackburn out of Tallapoosa by Great Tom, ridden by S. Barnes. Haggin's Salvator was second, beaten half a length after a
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