Harry Bassett
date: label: Date made
content: 1871
name: label: maker
content: Cameron, John
label: maker
content: Currier & Ives
notes: label: Description
content: A color print of a jockey humped in the saddle, urging a brown horse to greater speed. The horse has a powerful, sleek build. The jockey wears close fitting pants, knee boots, a blue jacket, a red cap, and gloves. The track and grass are indicated abstractly.
label: Description
content: Harry Bassett was foaled on April 27, 1868 from Lexington and Canary Bird. He was bred by either R.A. Alexander or A.J. Alexander, both from Woodburn Stud Farm in Woodburn Kentucky. In 1869 Harry Bassett was sold at a yearling sale to David McDaniel, a trainer, for $315. Ridden by W. Miller, Harry won the fifth Belmont Stakes in 1871 with a time of 2:56 and won $5,400. By age 3, Harry was undefeated. He went on to win many more prominent races such as the Saratoga Cup and Champion Stakes. His racing career last five years, in which he won 23 races of out 36 starts. His total earnings amounted to $55,920. Upon retirement, Harry was moved to McDaniel’s stud farm in Trenton, New Jersey until he died on October 27, 1878. In 2010, Harry Bassett was inducted into the Racing Hall of Fame.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Horses
label: Subject
content: Horse Racing
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Art
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content: Peters Prints
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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content: Horses
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.3240
label: catalog number
content: 60.3240
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: image: 6 3/4 in x 12 1/4 in; 17.145 cm x 31.115 cm