[John K. Howard--home movies] Reel 22

Date1926

Can DescriptionsNHF cataloguer's notes, 6/97 (intertitles in quotes): Reel 22: 'Myopia Hunt Club, Race Meeting At Willowdale. Hamilton, Mass. October 26, 1926. Photography By C.P. Robb. Slow Motion Photography By E.L. Vent.' Jockeys. Men in grandstand. CU man in riding habit astride horse with hunting horn in his mouth. 'The Willowdale Cup On The FLat. Won By, Horse, Rock of Cashel. Rider, B. Tuckerman, Jr. Second Place, Horse, Golden Cup. Rider, Mr. Prince.' (33:09) LS horses racing. Cars parked in field. Horse racing footage. Horses in background, cars in foreground. CU of horses. (34:00) Crowd gathered in field. Slow Motion: Horses run past standing crowd, MS crowd, CU jockey on horse, quick shot of three men and jockey talking near fence. Regular speed. 'The Eastern Horse Club Steeplechase Won By, Amber Bead. Rider, B. Tuckerman, Jr. Time 5:09, 2-5 Second Place, Horse, Silver, Rider, Mr. Prince.' MS horses racing. Pan parked cars as horses race down track. (35:00) Horses begin jumping. Alternate shots of crowd and horses. Jumps are increasingly higher. Lone horse gallops past parked cars. Horse scales hurdle. CU jockey on horse. Man on foot pats horse and gently pulls at bridle. CU two men listing riders on board and moving numbers. 'The Turner Hill Cup Steeplechase. Won By Horse, Red Lassie. Rider, A.F. Sortwell. Time 5:25. Second, Horse, Killfree, Rider, [?] arker.' Horses race down field past cars and start jumping. Pan of cars and spectators. Black horses prances. More jumping. Slow motion: horses and riders on narrow path intersecting field. Regular speed again. More racing. Pan of lone horse sprinting down field. One horse knocks off the top of the hurdle. (40:01) Two horses visible. Quick shot of field with spectators on either side. CU jockey on horse rides toward two men, one tips his hat. 'The Myopia Challenge Cup, Open Steeplechase. Won By Horse, Clarion, RIder, F. Ayer. Time 7:44,' LS horses running by cars. Several shots of parked cars. Horses jumping. Three horses running. Pan one horse with rider. (42:01) Horses jump white slatted hurdles. LS horses racing down field while some horses saunter alongside. Slow Motion: MS horse and rider jumping across narrow path intersecting field. Film is faded. Two horses race. Spectators. Regular speed. Horses racing. Four people watching. Pan of parked cars. CU jockey on foot. 'New England Hunt Team Cup Steeplechase. Won By Myopia Hunt Club Team. Horses, Grey Bess, Ace High, Treasure Island. Riders, B. Tuckerman, Jr., G.C. Prince, A.F. Sortwell. First Over The Line, Treasure Island, Rider, A.F. Sortwell.' (44:01) MS jockeys and horses in line walk forward. Spectators watch as horses trot by. Pan horses racing and parked cars. Horses jumping. In a separate field is a lone horse and rider. Slow Motion: horses on narrow path, footage is faded, horses jumping, spectators. Regular speed. (46:01) Horses racing in field. Two horses scale hurdle together. More follow in succession. Pan parked cars. Lone rider gallops down field. Others soon follow. Fleeting glances of horses through trees. Slow motion: faded footage, jumping hurdle. (48:04) Regular speed. Two horses cross field, one gets ahead. Two men near cars watching. Lone rider with another catching up from behind. Pan crowd watching. CU jockey on horse. CU three jockeys on foot wearing white uniforms and black hats. 'The Drag Hounds.' Men astride horses. Black and white hounds very lively. Dogs run. Horses start jumping. Black horse without rider saunters down field. 'The End.' (50:02)

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• John Howard

• John Howard