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Santa Anita Park (1934-1942)

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1. Election volunteers aid race track vote. Pasadena Post. July 22, 1932. 2. Santa Anita Park will bring thousands here. Arcadia Tribune, n.d. circa December 24, 1934. 3. Joseph M. Schenck's purchase of interest. news clip June 8, 1934. 4. Santa Anita Race Track complete. front page of t…
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1. Election volunteers aid race track vote. Pasadena Post. July 22, 1932.
2. Santa Anita Park will bring thousands here. Arcadia Tribune, n.d. circa December 24, 1934.
3. Joseph M. Schenck's purchase of interest. news clip June 8, 1934.
4. Santa Anita Race Track complete. front page of the Arcadia News of the special issue of Forecast, marking the opening December 7, 1934.
5. Santa Anita to figure in race track history. same as above.
6. L.A. Turf Club plans to handle big crowd. same as above.
7. "Azucar" to enter $100,000 Santa Anita Handicap reported. same as above.
8. Totalisator now being installed at race track. same as above.
9. Extensive building program is to add to greatness of local race plant. Arcadia Tribune August 2, 1935.
10. Santa Anita track work is started. Arcadia Tribune August 2, 1935.
11. Turf Club to add splendor. Arcadia Tribune July 10, 1936.
12. Third annual racing meet. Arcadia Tribune July 14, 1936.
13. California: Los Angeles Turf Club. article in BLOOD-HORSE January 20, 1934. missing as of May 1999
14. Investigation discussed by noted leader. Arcadia Tribune February 15, 1937.
15. Derby billed at race track. Arcadia Tribune February 15, 1937.
16. Santa Anita handicap winners. Arcadia Tribune October 2, 1941.
17. Santa Anita future use studied. Arcadia Tribune January 15, 1942.
18. Last scene as war cancelled 1942 Santa Anita racing season. Arcadia Tribune February 12, 1942.
19. Council hears track founding story. News Post article February 7, 1967.
20. The Marks brothers of Los Angeles. Part of an article from WESTERN STATES JEWISH HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, July 1979, in which Joshua Marks is claimed to be the builder of the track facility.
21. Horse car. Arcadia Tribune news photo showing horse car of the 1930s. August 16, 1973.
22. Santa Anita fans used red cars. News Post August 8, 1969.
23. Dear Sid. Letter to Mr. Platford from Chas. F. Outland regarding W.H. Hoffman, Jr. n.d.
24. Queen City's big oval; a mile through history. Arcadia Tribune March 16, 1978.
25. The Empire Builder. Excerpt of biographical article about Harry Chandler explaining how the Los Angeles Times attitude toward racing changed under the tutelage by Dr. Charles Strub. Copied at Santa Anita Park September 1980.
26. Sid Ziff's column on the opening of Santa Anita Park December 24, 1934. Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express. December 24, 1934.
27. Expect 60,000 fans at Santa Anita Park. Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express article and overhead photo showing layout of original 1934 Santa Anita Park December 24, 1934.
28. Race track start seen by throng. Pasadena Post March 27, 1934.
29. Horse race track permit for Baldwin Ranch given to Dr. Strub, Hal Roach. Pasadena Post January 19, 1934.
30. Southland to become horse racing center. Pasadena Post. February 19, 1933 with photos.
31. World's best horses to race at Santa Anita Park. Arcadia Tribune August 3, 1934.
32. Fifty Years Ago, racing went to war, too. THE RACING TIMES December 7, 1991. photos from Arcadia Public Library archives.
33. Huntington to have racy formal opening. CALIFORNIA LIFE vol. 36 no.1, January 10, 1935.
34. Beautiful Santa Anita Park, Los Angeles Turf Club's splendid new racing plant. CALIFORNIA LIFE. vol. 35 no 11 and 12, December, 1934.
35. Obituary, death record and articles about Hal Roach and his involvement with Dr. Charles Strub in building Santa Anita Park. He became the first President of Santa Anita Park. Died 11/2/1992.
36. "State Wars on Bookies." A house at 180 West Huntington Drive in Arcadia was raided and four men were arrested who were using binoculars to catch the race results and flashing them to bookmakers throughout the nation. Los Angeles Times, January 17, 1938. From Rancho Santa Anita Scrapbook #1, April 1936-Jan. 1, 1939, located at Arcadia Historical Society. One extra copy from ProQuest.
37. Behind the scenes at Santa Anita by John Marcy. WESTWAYS, March 1935, p. 30+.
38. Thundering Hoofs at Santa Anita. WESTWAYS, January 1941.
39. What Makes Whirly Run? Westways, December 1941, p. 20-21.
40. The Los Angeles Turf Club, Inc. Official Program Santa Anita Park First Day, Tuesday, December 25, 1934. Lists names of directors, general manager, racing officials.
41. Santa Anita racetrack brochure, compliments of the Automobile Club of Southern California. Contains history of Santa Anita Park, California Horse Racing Board members, Directors Los Angeles Turf Club, racing information, track records, racing officials, map of roads leading to Santa Anita Park, plot of track and grounds (drawing of the layout), diagrammatical drawing of the new grandstand and club house, stake program for winter meeting 1937-1938, and history of Santa Anita stakes from 1934 through March 12, 1938.
42. Facts, figures on big race (the Santa Anita Handicap). Los Angeles Times, February 27, 1937. How the world's richest stake was collected and how it will be distributed. The gross amount of $91,800 goes to the winner. Estimates of attendance, automobiles, and handle given here. Anita Baldwin will crown the winner with a floral horseshoe.
43. Record crowd may witness Santa Anita Handicap. Los Angeles Times, March 5, 1938. Attendance is estimated at 60,000 people, with an estimated $1,750,000 passing through the mutuels.
44. Advertisement showing race start time, general admission was $1.10, and Pacific Electric Railway round trip fare from Los Angeles was 50 cents. Los Angeles Times, December 24, 1936.
45. Advertisement for Santa Anita Derby, $50,000 added, general admission was $1.10 and Clubhouse admission was $2.20. Los Angeles Times, February 22, 1939.
46. Advertisement showing race start time, general admission was $1.10, Clubhouse admission was $2.20 and Pacific Electric Railway round trip fare from Los Angeles (6th and Main St. Station) was 55 cents. Los Angeles Times, December 30, 1940.
47. A) Santa Anita opens on Christmas day for a 53-day meet with celebrities and actresses Inez Courtney and Marian Marsh, also Hal Roach and Charles H. Strub. Time Magazine, December 24, 1934. B) Famous people who went to the races at Santa Anita Park include Bing Crosby, William Randolph Hearst, Fred Astaire, Mae West, Al Jolson, Marion Davies, Janet Gaynor, Irving Thalberg, Samuel Goldwyn, Norma Shearer, Frederick Moulton Alger (picture). Time Magazine, March 4, 1935. C) Fresh Batch-en route to Santa Anita Park are six little Biscuits, going on two years old. The first get of famed Seabiscuit will make their racing debuts during December 31-March 14). Their names are Sea Covey, Sea Patrol, Sea Skipper, Sea Mite, Sea Frolic, Sea Belle. Time Magazine, December 8, 1941. D) No More Pansies. Santa Anita race meeting, richest in the world, is called off for 1942, to be used by U.S. Army during wartime. Will mean losses in racing income, state taxes, work for the 4,300 track employees. $50,000 worth of freshly planted pansies were plowed under. Time Magazine, January 19, 1942.
48. Official Program March 4, 1939. Official Program March 1, 941.
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Santa Anita Park (1934-1942)
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