June 7, 2004

HTA ANNOUNCES TWO-DAY ART AUCTION

Harness Tracks of America, flooded with the greatest selection of harness racing and other equine art in its history, has scheduled a two-day art auction – the first in the 27 years of the event – for Tattersalls in Lexington, KY, Friday and Saturday mornings, October 8 and 9. All work will be exhibited in the Red Mile grandstand the week of October 4.

Featuring 50 exceptional Currier & Ives lithographs, including some of the rarest ever produced by that famed firm, the sale also will include more than 50 other historic works, original oils by George Ford Morris and C. W. Anderson, thoroughbred prints by Richard Stone Reeves, and outstanding original contemporary oil paintings, watercolors, bronzes and wood carvings.

HTA will have the entire catalog online on its Web site, www.harnesstracks.com, July 1, with enlargement capability for each picture. Advance and telephone bidding will be accepted for the sale. Printed catalogs can be ordered from HTA at 4640 E. Sunrise Drive, Suite 200, Tucson, AZ 85718, phone 520-529-2525, fax 520-529-3235, e-mail info@harnesstracks.com, and will be mailed around August 1.


Currier & Ives
The American Trotting Stud
Hambletonian and Widow McChree
One of the rarest of all Currier & Ives trotting prints


Currier & Ives
Trotting Cracks on the Snow
One of the best known Currier & Ives lithographs


Currier & Ives
A Spill Out On The Snow
A real treasure — rarely found


George Ford Morris
Pasture Flirtation
A beautiful oil painting by Morris


Currier & Ives
Famous Jockeys and Horses of the
American Turf
One of Currier & Ives best
thoroughbred prints


C. W. Anderson
Steeple Chase
A rare oil painting by Anderson

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