HORSE LEAPS REFLECTION.—Just as he reached the winning post ahead of the field, this horse, Feast, leapt across the reflection from the photo-finish mirror on the track. The jockey, Willie Shoemaker, was thrown out of the saddle but escaped injury by rolling himself up in a ball while the other horses in the race thundered by. Racing experts said later that the horse mistook the reflection (not visible is this picture) for water. The incident happened at Hollywood Park racecourse, California, recently.
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Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27683, 13 June 1955, Page 4
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82HORSE LEAPS REFLECTION.—Just as he reached the winning post ahead of the field, this horse, Feast, leapt across the reflection from the photo-finish mirror on the track. The jockey, Willie Shoemaker, was thrown out of the saddle but escaped injury by rolling himself up in a ball while the other horses in the race thundered by. Racing experts said later that the horse mistook the reflection (not visible is this picture) for water. The incident happened at Hollywood Park racecourse, California, recently. Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27683, 13 June 1955, Page 4
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