Tennis player Chris Evert meets her namesake, champion filly Chris Evert, at Hollywood Park, 1975:
More from the UCLA library digital collection of 5,746 photos culled from the Los Angeles Times and Daily News archives: Check out pics of grooms striking at Santa Anita; Mary Bacon training at Hollywood Park; and great California jockeys, with and without movie stars.
That’s pretty fab … before there was Oprah & Oprah there was Chris & Chris.
Posted by dana on February 26, 2008 @ 12:45 pm
Chris Evert was wonderful. She closed from way off the pace to win some high-class contests. Everyone remembers Silky Sullivan, but Chris Evert was an astonishing closer in her own right. The one with the clothes on had a pretty good game, too.
Posted by T.J. Connick on February 26, 2008 @ 10:38 pm
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