A group of five portrait photographs of 1930s English racehorses, published as supplements to the Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News, sepia-toned a
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A group of five portrait photographs of 1930s English racehorses, published as supplements to the Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News, sepia-toned and printed on canvas-effect paper, each 6 by 8 1/2in. with printed captions, subjects comprising H.H. The Aga Khan's Umidwar (Champion Stakes) and Mrs Rustom (Dewhurst & Gimcrack Stakes), Lord Glanely's Colombo (2,000 Guineas), Mr Hartigan's Meadow Rhu (winner of 3 races) and Mrs Harmsworth's Master Vere (winner of 7 races as a 2-y-o), uniformly framed & glazed, 24 by 32cm., some photos with marks, the reverse of each photograph pasted with hand written notes giving extensive details of the horse; sold together with a b&w photo of Bun Penny the 1961 Cork & Orrery winner (6 items)