Indian pony races at the track: Cannington Manor

 
Database ID24303
InstitutionUniversity of Saskatchewan Libraries Special Collections
Fonds/CollectionMorton Manuscripts Collection
SeriesC555
File/Item ReferenceC555-2-14.7-no.26-p01
Date of creation?
Physical description/extent1 photograph; b&w; 16x11
Number of images1
Scope and contentFour Aboriginal men on horseback preparing to race at the Cannington Manor track. The photographer has written on the back: "The Indian Pony race was a great event at the Cannington Races - a definite sporting event in the western calendar. The big English houses put up the guests. During the year racing ponies up the village street was a mail day pastime."
Copyright holderUniversity of Saskatchewan
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TypeArchival
Primary MediaPhotographs
Provenance Access PointMorton, A.S.
Treaty boundariesTreaty 4
Cultural regionPlains
SubjectCommunity Life
Culture
Leisure
Date Range(s)1890-1899
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