Spectators watching the Santa Anita Handicap race from behind a fence, Arcadia, 1936
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Text from negative sleeve: Racing Santa Anita. $100,000 handicap. 2/28/36. 3054. 2-21-36, Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds., racetrack in Southern California, opened on December 25, 1934., Text from newspaper caption: Crowding The Rail To Watch The Ponies Flash By. So eager are fans to see that happens as the bangtails to into action that they all but climb over the fence to get closer to the thoroughbreds. Here's a typical scene from Santa Anita's fifty-eight-day program, showing a crowded section of terrace rooting for a long shot. [Photo standalone page: "Looking Back on Santa Anita's Sensational Meeting as Race Season Closes." Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 1936: I5.]., Spectators watching ahorse race from behind a metal fence at Santa Anita Park with 3 palm trees in the distance.