1906 Horse Racing Program Coney Island Jockey Club Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn NY

Description

Here we have a 1906 “Official Programme” from the
Coney Island Jockey Club, Sheepshead Bay Race Track (1880-1919),
Brooklyn, New York.
This 115 year old antique horse racing program is the real deal, NOT a reproduction. It features the Fourteenth Renewal of the Autumn Maiden (Third Race, Five Furlongs, Futurity Course) and The Twenty-Third Running of the Twin City Handicap (One-Mile and a Quarter). It is approx. 3.5” X 8-5/16”, and is comprised of 16 pages printed on front and back.
Filled with an impressive amount of historic horse racing information, including pencil notes from the races.
Horse racing programs over 100 yrs. old are quite rare, and do not come up for sale very often.
*If you want this program, you must keep your eye on it.*
The riders are up. Do we have your attention?
Are you a betting person? Each race in this program could contain names of famous horses, jockeys, trainers, owners, and other information. You could find a gem item here.
**Read the entire description –
especially
our comments about scanning the pages.
The Program Page by Page:
Front cover: 2nd Day, Monday, Sept. 3rd, 1906, Coney Island Jockey Club, Boxes , Reserved Seats 50
¢. For Sale at the Grand Stand, Official Programme, American Banknote Co., N.Y., C. Fellows, Secty. 25647
Includes a printed illustration of a thoroughbred with jockey inside a wreath.
The interior pages feature the names and descriptions of each race, the names of each horse,
trainers, jockey colors,
lineage of each entry, betting details, and more.
Pg. 1, 2nd DAY, MONDAY, SEPT. 3
rd
. y, Monday, Sept. Red number on saddle cloth corresponds with horse’s number on Programme. Conditions of races govern the weights to be carried.
2:30 P.M. - First Race. For Two-Year Olds Selling. Entry rules, Six Furlongs, Main Course. Best record info.
Pg. 1, Horses in Race 1: Puissant, Mortiboy, Narelle, Amberley, Incacheee, John J. Rogers, Roswell, El Capitan,
Pg. 2, Horses in Race 1, Cont’d: Jim Leonard, Dominator, Malacca, High Jumper, Knight of Vanhoe, El Dorado, Umbrella, Our Own, Fish Hawk, Magna Stella. Names of withdrawn entries.
Pg. 3, Stewards for the Meeting, Francis C. Bishop, H. K. Knapp, Schuyler L. Parsons; Racing Officials Appointed by The Jockey Club; Judges, Clarence McDowell, C. H. Pettingill; Handicapper, V.S. Vosburgh; Clerk of the Scales, H.G. Crickmore; Starter, Mars Cassidy; Paddock and Patrol Judge, J.L. Hall; Timer, W. H. Barretto; Starting Judge, H. U. Homan; Physician in Attendance, Dr. J. F. Morgan.
Pg. 3, Second Race, Steeplechase Handicap,
Entry Rules, About Two Miles and a Half. Best record info.
Pg. 4, Horses in Race 2: Grandpa, Coligny, Paul Jones, Agent, Vestment, Pete Dailey, Pioneer.
Pg. 5, Third Race. The Autumn Maiden. For Two Years Old, Maidens at Time of Closing, Race Rules, Five Furlongs, Futurity Course, List of Previous Winners, List of also eligible horses.
Pg. 5, Horses in Race 3: Clara Huron, Paumonk, Waterbury, Glamor, Killaloe, Aletheuo, Glenham, Tony Bonero, Prince Hampton, Lady Warrenton, Compact.
Pg. 6, Fourth Race. The Twin City. Handicap for three Years Old and Upwards. Entry Rules, One Mile and a Quarter. Best record, Previous winners, List of also eligible horses.
Pg. 7, Horses in Race 4: First Mason, Dishabille, Inferno, Tangle, Entree, Neva Lee, Tiptoe, Brookdale Nymph, Cedarstrome, Fine Cloth, Gallavant.
Pg. 8, Lander’s Band, List of musical selections to be played, with styles of music, writers and musicians.
Fifth Race, For All Ages. High Weight Handicap
, Entry Rules, Six Furlongs, Main Course, best record info.
Pg. 9, Horses in Race 5: Deutschland, Comedienne, Jacquin,
Pg. 10, Horses in Race 5, Cont’d: Conreid, Lotus, Don Royal, Far West Van Ness, Ostrich, Aviston, Brush Up, Bill Phillips, Watergrass, Diamond Flush.
Pg. 11, Sixth Race, For Three Year Old and Upwards. Selling. Entry Rules, One Mile and a Furlong, Turf Course. Best record info.
Pg. 11, Horses in Race 6: Onatas, Geranium, Right Royal, Coronal, Disobedient,
Pg. 12, Horses in Race 6, Cont’d: Sir Ralph, Good Julia, O.k., Tartan, Jocund, Ebony, Tipping, Neptunus, Modest, Macy, Jr.
Pg. 13, Winners at the Saratoga Meeting, 14
th
through 20
th
Day.
Pg. 14, Winners at the Saratoga Meeting, Cont’d: 21
st
through 22
nd
Day. Winners at This Meeting. Complaint and Information for Reporting Articles Lost or Stolen.
Back Cover: Racing To-Morrow, Tuesday, Plus description of tomorrow’s races, Race descriptions for Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, Sept. 5, 6, 7, and 8, 1906. Racing Every Day Next Week.
You can read A Short History of the Coney Island Jockey Club below our description, at the bottom of this page.
Condition: All pages have some oxidation, toning, soiling, and wear from age and handling, some foxing, rips, tears, and creases. There is rust at the staple,
along with edge and corner wear from use and age. For 115 yrs. old it is in good used condition.
Except for the last race, each race in this program includes
historic pencil notes, attesting to its authenticity. The pencil notes and marks also give insight into magnificent horse racing history which would not otherwise be known, and do not detract from the program’s value.
Of course, the watermarks do not appear on the original program.
This is a fabulous chronicle of the Coney Island Jockey Club, Sheepshead Bay Race Track, Long Island, New York, and American Thoroughbred Horse Racing History.
**See the photos for details. The photos show the spine of each page much better than scans. We did not want to keep bending the spines, so we did not flatten the program completely to scan pages. Old paper can be fragile and we handle it carefully.
We are selling this program as is; restoration and conservation are up to the new owner.
Would make a nice addition to any horse racing collection, an excellent item for the New York thoroughbred horse racing track / club memorabilia collector, or an outstanding gift for the horse racing history enthusiast.
The Item Will Be Professionally Packaged, AND READY TO ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION OR GIVE AS A GIFT.
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A Short History of the Coney Island Jockey Club
The Racetrack was built by a group of prominent businessmen from the New York City area who formed the Coney Island Jockey Club in 1879.
On 19 June 1880 the track hosted its first day of thoroughbred racing. In its first year of operations, the new Sheepshead Bay track hosted a 1½ mile match race between two of the top horses racing at the time in America: The Dwyer Brothers' Luke Blackburn was ridden by Jim McLaughlin, and Pierre Lorillard's Uncas was ridden by Tom Costello.
Principal backers of the Sheepshead Bay Race Track were August Belmont Jr., Leonard Jerome, James G. K. Lawrence, Pierre Lorillard IV, A. Wright Sanford, William R. Travers, and William Kissam Vanderbilt.
The new Sheepshead Bay Race Track's premier event was the Suburban Handicap, first run June 10, 1884, and conceived by James G. K. Lawrence, who became the track's president. Four years later Lawrence would also create the Futurity Stakes, first run on Labor Day in 1888. At the time the Futurity was the richest race ever run in the United States. Today, both the Suburban and the Futurity are ongoing Graded stakes races held at the Belmont Park racetrack in Elmont, Long Island. The Lawrence Realization Stakes was named for James G. K. Lawrence.
First turf course in the United States: On June 10, 1886 the Coney Island Jockey Club opened the first turf race-course in the United States. Sheepshead Bay had both a dirt and a turf course. The Club replaced the Sheepshead Bay steeplechase course with a one mile turf course, built inside the existing main dirt track. The Green Grass Stakes was the first race on turf and was run as part of the June 10 opening day program.