WNR Films - Dick Reynolds, JJ Mooney, and Bill Dickerson at [02:44]
Original 16mm Film produced and Directed by RJ Reynolds, Jr. "Dick" 1934 (nephew of William Neal Reynolds of Tanglewood Farm in Forsyth County, NC) Filmed on location at the 1934 Spring Meet at the Red Mile in Lexington, KY. Dick and his new bride "Blitz" (Elizabeth McCaw Dillard Reynolds) attend the race with owners and trainers including JJ Mooney and William K. Dickerson "Billy Dick" and jockey Harky Edwards. Their farrier was McNair Kerswill of the Red Mile. Dick's uncle, William N. Reynolds won a $40459 purse the prior year on Wednesday August 16, 1933 at Good Time Park in Goshen, NY. Uncle Will's horse "Mary Reynolds" was trained and driven by Ben White and groomed by Bob Davis. Mary Reynolds the horse traces her paternal line to Peter the Brewer, a son of Peter the Great and a great great grandson of Hambletonian 10. Mary Reynolds the horse was owned and bred by William N. Reynolds of Tanglewood Farm in Forsyth County, NC and named after his niece Mary Reynolds Babcock of Reynolda Village in Winston- Salem, NC, wife of Charles H. Babcock of Greenwich Village, CT and New York City, NY
Tags: WNR, Films, Red, Mile, Trotting, Horse, Race, Tanglewood, Reynolds
WNR Films - "Uncle Will and his horse Mary Reynolds at the [02:45]
Original 16mm Film produced and Directed by RJ Reynolds, Jr. "Dick" 1934 (nephew of William Neal Reynolds of Tanglewood Farm in Forsyth County, NC) Filmed on location at the 1934 Spring Meet held at the Red Mile in Lexington, KY. Uncle Will's Horse "Mary Reynolds" (named after his niece Mary Reynolds Babcock of Reynolda Village) is competing this year in the trotting competitions here and in New York. "Mary Reynolds" wins a purse later in the season. (c) 1934 RJ Reynolds, Jr. (c) 2007 William N. Reynolds
Tags: WNR, Films, Tanglewood, Reynolds, Red, Mile, Trotting, Horse, Race
EPSOM RACES in the 1930s from unique 16mm film [02:40]
From a film reel I bought on eBay for £10, this short section preceded the longer item of Icelandic footage I've uploaded elsewhere. If anyone knows anything about this from the jockeys or horses, please let me know. Even the soundtrack is organic, taken from a recording I made myself from one of my many old 78s. ... Epsom Races Surrey Horse Horserace Racing 16mm B&W
Tags: Epsom, Races, Surrey, Horse, Horserace, Racing, 16mm, B&W