[The Bard]
date: label: Date made
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name: label: maker
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notes: label: Description
content: A black and white print of a standing race horse with a jockey.
label: Description
content: The Bard was bred in 1883 by Charles Reed of Fairview Stud Farm in Gallatin, TN. His sire was Longfellow and his dam was Bradamante. Alexander Cassatt, the President of the Pennsylvania Railroad and Monmouth Park Racetrack, purchased The Bard and sent him to be trained by John Huggins. The Bard won the Preakness Stakes in 1886 and finished second in the Belmont Stakes. He missed half of the 1887 season due to a life-threatening illness, but was so popular that regular updates of his condition were published in newspapers. He went on to defeat Hanover twice in the handicap races and continued to dominate until August 2, 1888 when he injured his hind leg and never raced again. In his career, The Bart won 27 of his 47 starts and accumulated $84,990 in prize money. In 1889, The Bard stood at stud in Pennsylvania until he died in 1907.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: World
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.60.3634
label: catalog number
content: 60.3634
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: image: 6 1/4 in x 10 in; 15.875 cm x 25.4 cm