Sujet
Snake Lightning. Jockey: T. Hawcroft', 1939. Artist: Unknown.
Légende
Snake Lightning. Jockey: T. Hawcroft', 1939. Snake Lightning proved himself a good stayer in 1938 when running a dead heat with Naval Display for the Goodwood Stakes. English jockey Thomas Hawcroft (1918-1954) won the 1935 Cambridgeshire on Commander lll & the 1949 Ribblesdale Stakes on Colonist ll. One morning in 1954, he took a rifle into the woods - 'to shoot pigeons' but was found dead with gunshot wounds later that day. From Racehorses & Jockeys, 1938 - A Series of 40. [W. D. & H. O. Wills, Bristol, 1939]
The Print Collector collection
Date
1939
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM19D15_425
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
24,6Mo (1,1Mo) / 21,8cm x 28,2cm / 2580 x 3336 (300dpi)