Shawbay, 2:07 1/4

Shawbay, 2:07 1/4

This monochrome photo postcard captures a scene of an early 20th-century trotting horse named Shawbay, harnessed to a lightweight, two-wheeled sulky. A man, possibly the trainer, James (Bud) Slaine Murray, 1867-1933, seated in the sulky, holds the reins and a whip, dressed aptly for the time in casual attire with a cap. The backdrop includes vague forms of trees and a split rail fence, typical of a rural or semi-rural American horse track.