The celebrated trotting horse trustee as he appeared in his 20th mile: In his great match against time of trotting harness 20 miles in 1 hour over the union course L.I. Oct. 20th 1848 – Vintage Print
![The celebrated trotting horse trustee as he appeared in his 20th mile: In his great match against time of trotting harness 20 miles in 1 hour over the union course L.I. Oct. 20th 1848, [New York] : N. Currier, 1848. — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/75/75f903fca395-L.webp)
(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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This rare antique lithograph captures The celebrated trotting horse trustee as he appeared in his 20th mile: In his great match against time of trotting harness 20 miles in 1 hour over the union course L.I. Oct. 20th 1848 in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The celebrated trotting horse trustee as he appeared in his 20th mile: In his great match against time of trotting harness 20 miles in 1 hour over the union course L.I. Oct. 20th 1848
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The lithograph shows the trotter Trustee at the twentieth mile of his match against time, an attempt to trot 20 miles in one hour on the Union Course on Long Island on October 20, 1848. Laid out in Queens in the early 1820s, the Union Course was among the earliest purpose-built racetracks in the United States and a common venue for match races. Nathaniel Currier published the print in New York that same year, as part of a steady stream of sporting subjects that reflected public enthusiasm for harness racing. It offers a useful glimpse of how a timed trotting feat was presented to the public.
| Created / published | [New York] : N. Currier, 1848. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Lithographs 1840-1850. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1003. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,190 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-175422 |
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