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Mrs Leslie Walford competing in the Ladies Bending Race at the Sydney Polo Club Gymkhana on 29 June 1923 / S. J. Hood
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Title:
Mrs Leslie Walford competing in the Ladies Bending Race at the Sydney Polo Club Gymkhana on 29 June 1923 / S. J. Hood
Creator:
Hood, Sam (Samuel John), 1872-1953.
Date:
[1923]
Format:
1 photoprint : b & w ; 15.3 x 20.3 cm
Inscription:
Photographer's stamp on verso of mount: S.J. HOOD / Press Photographer / 124 Pitt Street / Sydney / Tel. B 1845.
Subject:
Kensington (N.S.W.)
horses
polo
Walford, Dora Olive Marguerite, 1895-1972.
Series:
Leslie Walford papers: Family photographs
Description:
The June 1923 Sydney Polo Club Gymkhana was held at the Kensington polo grounds. The one ladies' event was the Ladies Bending Race in which Dora Walford came second.
Provenance:
Leslie Walford estate
Published in:
A closely related image was published in The Sun (Sydney) 30 June 1923 p.1, under the caption "A winsome competitor: one of the lady riders who took part in the gymkhana yesterday at Kensington. Note the superb swerve of the horse". Another related image, from the same event, was published in the September 1923 issue of The Home (p.15)
Source:
Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection ; Walford/P/5
Rights:
You may save or print this image for research and study. If you wish to use it for any other purposes, you must contact Museums of History NSW to request permission.
Material Type:
Picture
Record number:
43461
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