Racing at Sheepshead Bay /. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

"The finish and weighing out of a running race with nine starters. Won by famous Clifford, Sloane up. 50 feet"--Edison films catalog.
43414 U.S. Copyright Office
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 31July1897; 43414.
Duration: 0:25 at 30 fps.
Paper print shelf number (LC 0058) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
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Filmed June 22, 1897, at Sheepshead Bay Race Track, Coney Island, New York.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 313; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 266; Edison films catalog, no. 94, March 1900, p. 56 [MI]; Maguire & Baucus. Fall catalogue, 1897, p. 9 [MI].
Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.