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Title: Kansas City Horses Will Run Today At Churchill Downs
Description: Perfect Drift, a race horse raised on the south Kansas City farm of owner William Reed is racing in the Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill Downs. Gun Salute, a horse owned by local attorney Brant Laue is racing in the Jefferson Cup. Perfect Drift has won 10 of 29 career starts and Gun Salute will be trying for four career victories in seven starts.
Date: 2005-06-18
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Polo Has Storied Past in County
Description: File containing an article about the sport of polo in the Northeast Johnson County section of the paper.
Date: 1986-10-17
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: KC's Own Seabiscuit
Description: Story of race horse Lawrin, owned by Herbert Woolf, owner of Woolf Brothers Clothing Stores. Lawrin won the Kentucky Derby in 1938. He was bred and trained in what is now Prairie Village, Johnson County, Kansas. The name Lawrin was a combination of Margaret Lawrence, his mother and Insco, a stallion Woolf owned. Eddie Arcaro was the jockey when Lawrin won the Kentucky Derby.
Date: 2003-07-29
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Perfect Script: Perfect Drift's Success Inspires Derby Dreams For KC Family
Description: Perfect Drift, a race horse owned by William Reed and raised on a horse farm in South Kansas City, is going to run in the Kentucky Derby this year. Article includes information on this horse as his career record, last start, jockey who will ride him, etc.
Date: 2002-04-07
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Polo Game
Description: View of five players participating in a polo game. A large house is in the background.
Object Type: Negative

Title: Polo Game
Description: View of eight players participating in a polo game. Unidentifiable words are written on the border of the playing field.
Object Type: Negative

Title: 'A Family Doomed To Die'
Description: The tragic story of America's first superstar horse owners, William (Billy) and Ann Woodward, is told in this article. Their prize winning horse was named Nashua. Mrs. Woodward was the former Angie later Ann Crowell who was born in Kansas and graduated from Westport High School in 1932. Shortly after their horse Nashua won the Preakness and Belmont in 1955, Ann Woodward tragically shot her husband Billy in their home thinking he was a burglar. Tragedy followed the family and eventually Ann and her two sons all committed suicide on different dates.
Date: 2005-05-08
Object Type: Newspaper Article

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