Race Collection (page 6)

Olympics / 1908 / Marathon
THE MARATHON Dorando Pietri passing through Wembley. He finished first but was disqualified because he was helped at the finish. He was awarded a special cup

Programme cover, C W A Scotts First Flying For All Display, Official Programme, price sixpence. 1935

Foxhunting scene on a greetings card by Ernest Griset -- The first fox of the season. The fox hides inside a hollow tree trunk as the horses and hounds race by. Date: circa 1890s

Pedal Car Race, Bologna
CORSA AUTOMOBILISTICA Young Italians - Fangios of the future - compete in a pedal-car race at Bologna Date: 1924

Advert for Debenham & Freebody lace race wraps 1912
Selection of luxurious lace jacktets, coats and wraps for racing. 1912

Bird s-eye view of the Oxford and Cambridge boat-race course Date: 1875

Blind soldiers regatta at Putney, WW1
Blinded soldiers from St. Dunstans home for blinded sailor and soldiers in Regents Park, rowing in the boat they rowed to victory over the students of Westminster College

Start of a Womens Sledging Competition
Start of a Womens Luge (Sledging) Competition at the Hotel Bristol in the Territet Suburb of Montreux Switzerland. Date: 1909

Charles William Anderson Scott AFC (1903-1946)
Charles William Anderson Scott, AFC, 1903-1946, left, and Tom Campbell Black, 1899-1936, winners of the MacRobertson Air Race, London to Melbourne race, in 1934

Cycle racing event
A cycle racing event, watched by a crowd of spectators. circa 1940s

Belize - Regatta on the River
A regatta on the Belize Haulover Creek, also called the Belize River, Belize City, Belize. Date: 1911

Flea Circus Chariots
Professor Tomlins flea circus: a flea is pushed into position at the start of the chariot race; fine harnessing wires attach the fleas to the chariots Date: 1960s

The Epsom Derby
Photograph of the Epsom Derby, used by W. P. Frith for his famous painting, The Derby Day. Date: 1856

At the Sandown races
The British thoroughbred racehorse, Bayardo, wins the Eclipse Stakes at the Sandown Park meeting

Four famous Kentucky Thoroughbreds: Diomed, Boston, Lexington and Glencoe

Mr and Mrs G. D. Luck in a dinghy
Neat work with a dinghy: Mr and Mrs G. D. Luck being rowed ashore by the younger generation after taking part in a race at the Royal Fowey Yacht Clubs Cornish regatta

Oxford practising for the Boat Race
The Oxford team practising for the annual Boat Race

Balloon Race at Hurlingham, south west London
Scene at a balloon race at Hurlingham, south west London -- a social event as well as a sporting occasion

Tragedy of the Marathon Race... London Olympics 1908
Front cover from The Graphic. Dorando Pietri of Italy collapsed after entering the stadium ahead of the pack during the 1908 London Olympics

The Winning Jockey
The winning jockey celebrates with his girl in the winners enclosure. Illustration from The Merry Duchess Valse music sheet

A Day at the Races
3 To 1, - Bar Two The singer Miss Annie Adams is pictured in the foreground enjoying champagne and lobsters from her Fortnum and Mason hamper

Goodwood: before Start
Preparing to start a race at Goodwood

Race to Gretna / Newhouse
ONE MILE FROM GRETNA A couple desperate to marry race to Gretna Green in a four horse open top carriage but are pursued by those who wish to stop them

Berlin Motor Race Poster
A poster for a motor racing meeting on 12th and 22nd October at Berlin, Germany

Paglesham Regatta- Start of first-class oyster-smacks

Vintage Cars - United States
" Some old crocks" taking part in a vintage car rally on the streets of a major US City

During a Polo Match
Two players race for the ball

Boytons Water Show / Race
A race between Wallace Ross and George Bubear, American and British sculling champions, at Captain Boytons World Water Show at Earls Court, London

Troublesome Youngsters
Young and inexperienced racehorses prove a handful for their jockeys before the start

Greek Relay Race
A relay race with a flaming torch instead of a mere baton

SPINDRIFT
British clipper for the China tea trade, which in 1868 won the ocean race from China to England

Vintage 19th century photograph: Nepalese, Nepali, Nepal woman in traditional clothes, image taken in northern India

Pacific Islands, Oceania: portrait of a man and two women
Vintage 19th century photograph - Oceania, Pacific Islands, probably Fiji, Tahiti or Western Samoa: man with club (and his wives?)

Pacific Islands, Oceania: portrait of young women
Vintage 19th century photograph - Oceania, Pacific Islands, probably Fiji, Tahiti or Western Samoa: portrait of young women in a studio setting

SE Asia, bare-breasted young woman doing her hair
Vintage 19th century photograph: south east Asia, bare-breasted young woman with a mirror, doing her hair

Maharaja of Kuch Behar, Cooch Behar, Koch Bihar, India
Vintage 19th century photograph: Maharajah of Kuch Behar, Cooch Behar, also known as Koch Bihar, was a princely state in India during the British Raj. Image c. 1890

Degar tribal Central Highlands of Vietnam
Vintage 19th century photograph: Degar tribal group, or Montagnard, which is an umbrella term for the various indigenous peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam

Portrait of a Siamese, Thai, girl; Siam, Thailand
Vintage 19th century photograph: Portrait of a Siamese, Thai, girl; Siam, Thailand

Portraits of Malay people, Malay peninsula
Vintage 19th century photograph: Portraits of Malay people, Malay peninsula, now mostly Malaysia. Ethnic types designed to portray racial characteristics rather than act as individual portraits

Samoan people, western men, Pango Pango, Samoa
19th century vintage photograph: group of Samoan native peoples with western men, Pango Pango, Samoa. Pago Pago, the capital of American Samoa, comprises a string of coastal villages on Tutuila Island

Egyptian woman breast-feeding a baby
Vintage 19th century photograph - Egyptian woman breast-feeding a baby

Piastoon, Australian race horse, owned by R H Edkins, trainer E Fisher. Winner of seven races. Date: circa late 1920s

Ornaments and weapons of the Island Carib or Kalinago people
Ornaments of the Island Carib or Kalinago people, West Indies, including necklace, headdress, earrings, and weapons, bow, arrow and knife

Men of the Island Carib or Kalinago people. The wear loincloths, armlets, garters, tattoos and nose piercings. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Nasi from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

North American P-51D Mustang N335J MISS BARDAHL
North American P-51D-30 NA Mustang N335J (msn 122-41044) MISS BARDAHL, race number 49 built as P-51D-30-NA 44-74506 for the United States Army Air Force (USaF)6 December 1950

Euan Rabagliati marries Mrs Beatrix Gandolfi-Hornyold
Lieutenant Colonel Cuthbert Euan Charles Rabagliati MC, AFC, (18921978) - was a British soldier, pilot, race car driver and intelligence officer - marries Beatrix Purdey Oliver

Horse trotting races - Hipodromo, Sant Lluis, Mahon, Menorca
Horse trotting races at Hipodromo, Sant Lluis, Mahon, Menorca, Spain. A male jockey driver in orange shirt and hat out in front of the field

Track Cycling Race - Continental Pneumatic Advert
Continental Pneumatic Tyre Company (of Hanover, Germany) advertising postcard showing a track cycle race in full swing. Date: 1916

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