SPECTACLE

Santa Anita in action—shown here and on the following pages—is a rousing mixture of fast thoroughbreds, bright colors and busy crowds whose focus of attention is the drive to the wire

Prospective bettors appraise horseflesh in Santa Anita's spacious paddock. In center of oval stands memorial to Jockey George Woolf, killed in spill at Santa Anita. In background is 33,000-car parking lot

Flanked by the swift-moving shadows they cast upon Santa Anita's hard, fast dirt track, horses and riders maneuver for position in the early furlongs of a one-mile stakes race

TWO PHOTOS

JOHN SWOPE

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PHIL BATH