pipingrock

Mrs. (William) Goadby Loew. Mrs. A. S[cott] Burden.

The whipped cream of New York society turned out in October, 1912, for the eleventh annual horse show at the Piping Rock Country Club, in Locust Valley, on the north shore of Long Island. A new clubhouse and stepped observation boxes had just been opened for their pleasure: Story in The New York Times, October 4, 1912: "SOCIETY AMATEURS IN THE SADDLE "Piping Rock Horse Show Attracts Hunting Set to Locust Valley Grounds" query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9D06E1D6113BE6... Another story in The New York Times, October 5, 1912: "SOCIETY AIDS AT PIPING ROCK SHOW "Notable People View Amateur Horse Exhibition Amid Long Island Hills" query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9506E6D7113AE6...

Wow, neat photograph iconic of the times and of Mrs. Livermore.

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Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Thoroughbred Horse Racing, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

ha ha ha ha ha ... this photo is for sale on amazon.com for $187! (marked down from $233.75 ... a real bargain)

Piping Rock is in Locust Valley on Long Island. According the the date written on the photo, this photo was taken on 6/7/13. New York Times article from 6/8/13 describes this (very rainy) race meet: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9C06E1D8143FE6...

Noel Zia Lee: Thanks for identifying the location of this race meet as Locust Valley, Long Island and for the date. We will add the information to our source data and reload the description.

Great find thanx for sharing

Adelaide Wolff en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Kahn Based on the construction of the stands, we should be able to find which animal show this is, based on the others in the group.

The stepped observation boxes at the Piping Rock Country Club, Locust Valley, Long Island.

I agree that it is Long Branch. Good detective work.

Richard, I was wrong about the Long Branch ID. This is Piping Rock Country Club in Locust Valley, Long Island. Another shot from Piping Rock: