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Abstract:
Int. scene.
Title:
Test Race for the Fastest Stock, Torbert's or Sheridan's Cavalry
Artist:
Taylor, James E., 1839-1901
Date:
1864
Transcription:
Recto: "Capt Parsons did not wear his hat - and was dressed as I have him // snow on tree, oak // cloudy // Officers, Correspondents, & sutlers // marker.";Verso: "Grand 1/4 mile heat race for a $1,000 purse aside - between a Sorrel horse, the property of Col. Capehart, & a coal black Stallion belonging at Gen. Sheridan Hd Qts - It was a test race to decide which of the two, - Torberts Cavalry or Hd Qts, should be acknowledged as possessing the fastest stock a heavy fall of snow had taken place the night previous as Saturday has been appointed positel[y] as the day - the affair had to come off - the snow was shovel'd from the course marked out, and about 3 1/2 o'clock the horses started the distance was accomplished in about 1 minute, the Black comming [sic] out ahead some 30 feet - the Horses are both small & about of a size, the black especially has limbs of beatiful symmetry - Capt. Parson, Gen Sheridan's Provost Marshall gen - rode the Black stallion - a cpat rode Capeharts - // [signed] Taylor."
Subjects:
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Horse racing
Condition:
Vertical and horizontal folds; slightly rough paper on top margin; smudges at upper right and lower left.
Place:
Virginia
Medium:
Graphite on wove paper
Dimensions:
6.5 x 10 in.
Genre:
Image;StillImage
Coordinates:
37.4315734, -78.6568942
Source:
Original drawing location: CW-JT-VA-1864a (Box 9.)
URI:
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4846
Ref. Number:
(Becker)CW-JT-VA-1864a
Collection:
America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
Tags:
Horses Torberts Cavalry Uniform
Format:
image/jpeg
Attribution
Citation:
"Test Race for the Fastest Stock, Torbert's or Sheridan's Cavalry", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2949.html
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