Going to the trot – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Going to the trot
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Going to the trot" points to harness racing, in which horses pull light two-wheeled carts called sulkies and are judged on a steady trotting gait rather than a gallop. Trotting matches drew large crowds in the United States around 1870, and the sport's popularity made scenes of travel to the races a common subject for printmakers. The record links the copyright deposit to a shelflist card naming Wm. C. Robertson, but that attribution is unverified, so the maker is best treated as uncertain. The vehicles, clothing and roads in such scenes often show that a day at the track was an outing in its own right.
| Created / published | c1870. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | A4501 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Robertson, Wm. C. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,149 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-110101 |
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