April 20, 2024
Secretariat wins Kentucky Derby, 1973
Secretariat won the Kentucky Derby by 2 1/2-lengths over Sham on May 5, 1973, at Churchill Downs. His time of 1:59.4 remains the record for the fastest Derby ever. In fact, ran each quarter-mile segment was faster than the one before it. Secretariat would go on to win horse racing’s Triple Crown. In November 1973, he arrived at Lexington’s Blue Grass Field to stand at stud at Claiborne Farm in Paris. He remained at Claiborne until his death in 1989 at age 19. Secretariat’s owner and breeder, Penny Chenery, died Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017. Retired Lexington Herald-Leader turf writer Maryjean Wall wrote that Chenery gave the racing world grace and class. Herald-Leader archive photo
Morgan County Sorghum Festival, 1978
Elmer Trusty fed sweet sorghum cane into a mule-powered mill on Sept. 23, 1978, at the Sorghum Festival in West Liberty. This year, Morgan County will celebrate 47 years of the Sorghum Festival, Sept. 22-24 in West Liberty. Photo by Mike Kearney | Staff
Community Chest junior speakers, 1946
Members of Community Chest’s junior speakers bureau, photographed in late September 1946. Back row from left: Edward Faulkner, Jesse Thomas Yates, Doris Mulligan, Elbert Harber, Gibson Downing, Betsy Houston, Donald Ryles and William Merris. Front row from left: Lois Oldham, Lucia Bland, Edythe Hunt, Jimmy Don Threlkeld and Joe Bachman. Herald-Leader Archive Photo
Georgia safety Will Muschamp, 1994
Georgia safety Will Muschamp tackled Kentucky sophomore running back Moe Williams during the Bulldogs’ 34-30 win Oct. 22, 1994, in Lexington. Muschamp, who has built a reputation for his strong defenses, is the head coach at South Carolina, which hosts Kentucky on Saturday. During his playing career at Georgia, Muschamp earned his way from walk-on to scholarship player by the spring of his redshirt freshman season and eventually was named co-captain as a senior. His 22-year coaching career includes stops at Eastern Kentucky, LSU and the NFL’s Miami Dolphins. He has been a college head coach for five years, three at Florida and two at South Carolina. Despite the close game with Georgia, Kentucky would finish the season 1-10. Their lone win was against Louisville in the first game of the season. For the year, the Cats were outscored 405-149. Photo by Ron Garrison | Staff
University of Kentucky volleyball, 1987
University of Kentucky’s Lisa Bokovoy spiked the ball over LSU’s Lisa Smith in a match in Memorial Coliseum on Nov. 14, 1987. UK went on to record a 31-2 season record, winning all 15 home games and the SEC tournament for the fourth time. Bokovoy was an All-SEC selection from 1986 to 1988. She holds the record for most shots blocked, with 12, in Kentucky’s 1985 match against North Carolina. The Cats, ranked 12th in the nation this year, take on Louisville at 7 p.m. Friday in Memorial Coliseum. Photo by Tim Sharp | Staff
Boys high school All-State Tournament team, 1956
The 1956 All-State High School Basketball Tournament team, plus the sister of King Kelly Coleman, who accepted the gift in Coleman’s absence. Front row, from left, Rex Story of Mayfield, Dave Eakins of Henderson, E.A. Couch of Carr Creek, Bobby Shepherd of Carr Creek, Pascal Benson of Henderson. Back row from left, Harry Todd of Earlington, Byron Pinson of Henderson, Linda Coleman of Wayland, Corky Withrow of Central City and Billy Ray Lickert of Lafayette. The photo was taken after Carr Creek defeated Henderson, 72-68, for the state title on March 17, 1956, in Memorial Coliseum. Billy Ray Lickert went on to be the 1957 Mr. Basketball and had an All-America career at the University of Kentucky. Lickert died early Wednesday. He was 78. Photo by E. Martin Jessee | Staff
Opening of Baker’s Shoe Store, 1952
Mrs. J.J. Ruttenberg, left, the wife of the vice president and general manager of the Phoenix hotel, was fitted for a pair of shoes Aug. 22, 1952, during the grand opening of Baker’s Shoe Store at 100 East Main Street, in a new addition to the Phoenix building. Showing her the latest styles was store manager Tom Cotter. The customers sitting next to Ruttenberg, from left, were Mrs. John Harmon and Mrs. James H. Maffett. Herald-Leader Archive Photo
Aerial view of Nicholasville Road, 1973
An aerial view of Nicholasville Road, running horizontally, in front of Central Baptist Hospital in January 1973. What would become the University of Kentucky Arboretum can be seen just behind the hospital. Photo by John C. Wyatt | Staff
Last days of two-way traffic on Lexington’s Main Street, 1971
In preparation for downtown Lexington’s Main Street going one-way in June 1971, new traffic lights were installed and lane markings were being removed in front of Stewart’s Dry Goods store in June, 1971. Main Street was converted to one-way at midnight June 24, coinciding with the opening of a new Vine Street, which also was one-way. The two roads were one-way from Midland Avenue to Spring Street, near what is now Rupp Arena. The last of the downtown train tracks were removed in December 1968, clearing a path for the new Vine Street. On the first day of one-way traffic, patrol officers were stationed at the streets to stop drivers going the wrong way. On the flip side, drivers were generally reluctant when moving in the new one-way traffic and had to be encouraged to speed up. In this image, businesses visible on the left include Embry & Co. clothier, Shackleton’s Music Store and the Strand Theater. On the right side is Stewart’s. Click on the image for a closer look. Published in the June 13, 1971, Sunday Herald-Leader. Herald-Leader Archive Photo
West Sixth Street horse training, 1986
John Dobree Adams exercised his horse Third Wave outside his home on West Sixth Street in Lexington on May 12, 1986. Photo by Gary Landers
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