A GOLD TROPHY BOWL: THE DELAWARE HANDICAP, WON BY STRAIGHT DEAL
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A GOLD TROPHY BOWL: THE DELAWARE HANDICAP, WON BY STRAIGHT DEAL

MARK OF J.E. CALDWELL, PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1967

Closed17 January 2008

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A GOLD TROPHY BOWL: THE DELAWARE HANDICAP, WON BY STRAIGHT DEAL
MARK OF J.E. CALDWELL, PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1967
14k, on a circular base, with spreading sides, one side of body acid-etched with a mare and foal in a pasture, the other side engraved with a presentation inscription with an applied silver and enamel jockey bust, marked under base
8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm.) diameter; 37 oz. (1161 gr.) gross weight
The inscription: The Delaware Handicap won by Straight Deal, B.M.5, Hail to Reason--No Fiddling by King Cole, Owned by-Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs, Bred by-Bieber-Jacobs Stable, 1¼ miles, Time 2:02, Trainer-John W. Jacobs, Rider-Robert Ussery, July 29, 1967

Specialist note

The champion race mare, Straight Deal, was sired by Hail to Reason and born in 1962. She had 99 starts, 21 wins, 21 places, 9 shows, and career earnings of $733,020.