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Nashville Travelers Rest 1933 Tennessee Timber Toppers Steeplechase Program RARE

$ 792

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: Used
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Region of Origin: Tennessee

    Description

    In 1933, General Jacob McGavock Dickinson’s Travelers Rest Farm on Franklin Road hosted a one-day event, the Tennessee Tree Topper’s Gold Trophy. The winning jockey of the race was Webb School student Calvin Houghland. In 1941, Nashville hosted a steeplechase at its permanent, WPA-constructed course. The Iroquois Steeplechase, honoring Nashville’s equine hero, annually attracts international riders, horses, and society.
    RARE! Not listed in WorldCat!
    10 pages.
    The third race horse 10 was Jack Johnson. Horse eight was the chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945.