An American Silver Horse Racing Trophy, Tiffany & Co., New York, dated 1899 The Pacific Coast Jockey Club opened the Ingleside Racetrack four miles from downtown San Francisco on November 28, 1895. On January 19, 1899, Walter P. Hobart, son of California millionaire entrepreneur Walter Hobart Sr., won his third victory in a series of three races and secured the Gentlemen Riders Cup. Mr. Hobart was tied with his rival Frank Skinner at two wins apiece going into the final race. According to reporters, Mr. Hobart persuaded the Jockey Club’s directors to allow each rider to procure his own mount. Mr. Hobart controversially chartered the fastest horse available, which Mr. Skinner claimed was originally promised to him by the owner. In protest, Mr. Skinner and another rider boycotted the final race, leaving Mr. Hobart to win the silver cup handily. The Ingleside Racetrack closed following the Great San Francisco Earthquake in 1906 after ten years of racing. The outline of the racetrack is still etched into the California landscape as Urbano Drive, the only circular road in San Francisco. marked on underside and numbered 10248-6710 height 24in. 61cm 107oz 16dwt 3353g
An American Silver Horse Racing Trophy, Tiffany & Co., New York, dated 1899 The Pacific Coast Jockey Club opened the Ingleside Racetrack four miles from downtown San Francisco on November 28, 1895. On January 19, 1899, Walter P. Hobart, son of California millionaire entrepreneur Walter Hobart Sr., won his third victory in a series of three races and secured the Gentlemen Riders Cup. Mr. Hobart was tied with his rival Frank Skinner at two wins apiece going into the final race. According to reporters, Mr. Hobart persuaded the Jockey Club’s directors to allow each rider to procure his own mount. Mr. Hobart controversially chartered the fastest horse available, which Mr. Skinner claimed was originally promised to him by the owner. In protest, Mr. Skinner and another rider boycotted the final race, leaving Mr. Hobart to win the silver cup handily. The Ingleside Racetrack closed following the Great San Francisco Earthquake in 1906 after ten years of racing. The outline of the racetrack is still etched into the California landscape as Urbano Drive, the only circular road in San Francisco. marked on underside and numbered 10248-6710 height 24in. 61cm 107oz 16dwt 3353g
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