Trophy news from Wichita Falls, TX
Forty years of memories can overwhelm a guy — especially when they rush back all at once.
When Walter Lee, 49, answered the phone in his Fort Walton Beach, Fla., home Thursday, he couldn’t believe his ears.
His grandfather’s beloved racing trophy — the one Lee was promised as a child — had finally been recovered.
The Jacksonville Gymnastics competitive team is continuing its tradition of being one of the best and largest teams in the state. Jacksonville is part of USA Gymnastics and draws gymnasts from all over central Arkansas.
With one of the largest teams in the state, Jacksonville has gymnasts competing – and winning – at almost every level of competition.
Jacksonville has brought home 17 first place trophies in four meets this season, most recently competing in Pine Bluff. The team won first place trophies for levels four, five and six. No team trophy was given for level three, but Jacksonville easily had the most points for that level.
The level six team has won three first place trophies this season. Level six is considered maybe the hardest level technically because judges want the gymnasts to be well-prepared before they are moved up to the optional levels – level seven and up. Optional gymnasts compete their individual routines that are choreographed for them personally by their coaches and compete using more difficult skills.
One of the world’s great collection of racing trophies goes up for auction in January
Christie’s in New York is offering more than 200 racing trophies from the collection of the late Ethel D. Jacobs and her husband, Hirsch Jacobs, a Hall of Fame trainer.
Among the items is an ornate silver trophy won in the 1970 Preakness Stakes. It has an estimated worth of $20,000-$30,000.
Jacobs named some of the trophies won by 1945 champion handicap horse Stymie as the most elaborate and beautiful of the group that will be auctioned by Christie’s.
“The Preakness trophy is also a work of art in itself,” Jacobs said. “That’s the thing with a lot of these trophies–the art value–anyone who loves pieces of artwork, the workmanship is so magnificent. My mother used to have some of those trophies in the dining room and living room.”
He said several of the trophies on the auction list are considered rare antiques and date back to the 1700s, and more than 20 of the trophies are made of solid gold.
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