Two original mid-20th century horse race press photographs: 1.) TOP PILOT. Owner Gustave Ring and jockey Steve Brooks, at Hialeah Park, February 28, 1949. Image inscribed: "Turf Pit by Mike Sirico." 10" x 8". Condition good. Verso inscription, appears to be Walter Winchell's hand: "Photo finish of Top Pilot running at Hialeah Fla the day after I B'cast it would win! Talk of the Racing Fans coast to coast, Feb 1949." 2.) SIR TRIBAL. Owner Charles Fritz, trainer S. Ippolito, and jockey Anthony Skoronski, at Sportman's Park, Cicero, Illinois, April 27, 1955. 9 1/2" x 7 1/2" (mounted within matte 13" x 11"). Good condition. PROVENANCE: THE HAROLD A. LAYER COLLECTION. The first from The Walter Winchell Files, Butterfield & Butterfield, 1990/91 (possibly the second).