Here’s a really rare piece of horse racing history and the only example I’ve ever seen in many years of collecting. This is a 1897-98 Pacific Coast Jockey Club Souvenir program/yearbook covering the races at Ingleside Racetrack in San Francisco, which for a short time was a pretty major racing venue. This is not a daily program with the entries for the particular races, but is more of a yearbook publication with a list of the meet’s stakes winners, leading horses, jockeys, trainers and owners. This has a nicely made leather or leather-like cover, kind of like you’d see on a fancy restaurant menu, and then about 40 pages of great photos, information and ads about racing in that era. There’s a nice photo of Ormonde in here, who was a great horse in Europe and then came to California as a stallion. This is in amazing condition with just a spot of writing at the top of the first page and no rips, tears or creases. There is a bit of staple rust. It measures about 7″x10″. Please review the photos and use the magnify feature to review the condition. Please see our other auctions for an extensive collection of historic horse racing programs, trophies and memorabilia featuring horses like Secretariat, Seattle Slew, Dr. Fager, Damascus, Dan Patch, Buckpasser, Kelso and other champions and Kentucky Derby winners.