The Celebrated Trotting Mares Maud S. and Aldine...

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Currier & Ives
The Celebrated Trotting Mares Maud S. and Aldine...
1883

About the Item

The full title is; "The Celebrated Trotting Mares Maud S. and Aldine, as they Appeared June 15th, 1883, At the Gentlemen's Driving Park, Morrisania, N.Y. Driven by their owner, William H. Vanderbilt, Esq. Trotting to Top Road Wagon, built by J. B. Brewster & Co. of 25th. Street, New York. Wagon and driver weighing 411 lbs. A trial mile, "off hand." First Quarter, 32 3/4 seconds, - Half mile, 1:05 1/2, - Three quarters, 1:41, and the full mile in the best team time on record, 2:15 1/2." Above title "Aldine Maud S." This large folio lithograph, printed in oil colors, was published by Currier & Ives in 1883. The printed image size is 20 3/4 x 33 5/8 inches with the full paper size being 27.25 x 38.25 inches. Overall good condition. There is a subtle light stain. “Historians have traced horse racing in Morrisania (Westchester/Bronx) back to about 1750 when the relatively level land was used by General Staats Long Morris as a racecourse. It is not known if any horse racing occurred in the vicinity of the historic district in the late eighteenth century or first seventy years of the nineteenth century, but in 1870 William Morris leased property on his estate to [Mr.] Dater Brothers who opened a race track on June 8, 1871. Mr. Brothers's venture failed, and the property reverted to William Morris in 1880. During the following year, the race track was leased to the Driving Club of New York which ran a track on land that today is roughly bounded by East 165th Street on the south, East 167th Street on the north (the angle of the street generally marks the route of the racecourse), Sherman Avenue on the west, and Webster Avenue on the east. The track was open only to the select membership of the Driving Club, including such socially prominent horsemen as William K. Vanderbilt, William Rockefeller, William C. Whitney, and Leonard Jerome. Fleetwood Park consisted of the track itself, stables, and other facilities for the horses, an impressive covered grandstand that curved in alignment with the track, and a French Second Empire style clubhouse that also overlooked the track. Scenes at Fleetwood appear in several lithographs by Currier and Ives and in some early drawings by Frederic Remington published in Bazaar.” - Guerra

Creator:
Currier & Ives (1834 - 1907, American)
Creation Year:
1883
Dimensions:
Height: 30.5 in (77.47 cm)Width: 40 in (101.6 cm)Depth: 0.13 in (3.31 mm)
Medium:
Lithograph
Movement & Style:
American Realist
Period:
1880-1889
Condition:
Gallery Location:
New York, NY
Reference Number:
Seller: #18337.21stDibs: LU33126511132