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ark:/16417/th7179xhhbd0bAerial view of start of sixth race of opening day at Keeneland. The horses can be seen right behind the mobile starting gate in the center of the track, just leaving the starting point. A portion of the parking lot is shown in the rear of the grandstands.
ark:/16417/th7q8hdmgzfqfTrots, 1952. Dr. Jeanette Sams, the track veterinarian, performs a saliva test on a horse. Dr. Sams, 29, of Anchorage, graduated from Cornell six years ago. She has served as track veterinarian at Fairgrounds Speedway in Louisville for the last four years. She is the first woman to be a track veterinarian at the Lexington Trots. Assisting her in her work at the Trots are five students in agriculture at the University of Kentucky: James Buell of Buellton, California; Joe Haycraft of Owensboro; George Burton of Hardinsburg; and Charley and Ben Moore of Lexington.
ark:/16417/th711fkx58ngwTrots, 1956. Mrs. Katherine Edwards Nichols, left, and Mrs. R.C. Larkin with Direct Byrd. Prominent among the women owners and breeders of trotters and pacers are Mrs. Katherine Edwards Nichols, at left, and Mrs. R.C. Larkin, pictured with Poplar Hill Farm's pacer Direct Byrd. Mrs. Nichols, mistress of Walnut Tree Farm, is the third generation of her family to direct the activities of the establishment founded in 1892 by her grandfather, the late Lamon V. Harkness, for the breeding of trotting horses. Mrs. Larkin, wife of the president of the Lexington Trots Breeders Association, with her husband owns Poplar Hill Farm, where pacers are bred and trained.
ark:/16417/th715rrnwlj5wTrots, 1957. Photographed at the opening day program of the 85th annual Trots were Mrs. Ormond McGlone of Lexington, at left, shown with Mrs. Catherine Horton and Mrs. Fred Crapo, both of Muncie, Indiana.
ark:/16417/th71bw3bkq7ltTrots, 1960. At the Lexington Trots opening day were Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Jenney of Walnut Hall Stud and their guests, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mitchell. Shown, left to right, are Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Jenney, Mrs. Mitchell, and Mrs. Jenney.
ark:/16417/th71b9jvns0c4Trots, 1960. Jobie Arnold, believed to be the only woman's horse handicapper in the country, is the parade Marshall for the Lexington Trots. Formerly a resident of Lexington, but later a resident of Florida, she is now living in Lexington. She'll be leading the way for the sulkies during the Trots meeting.