Texas Horseracing Lobby Collection - Texas Racing Association Awards Banquet (1968)

Duration: 0:07:53

Year Published: 1968

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: This film is made up of raw clips of Governor John Connally receiving the First Annual Award - an inscribed gold belt buckle - from the Texas Racing Association in recognition of his support of the sport in Texas. His acceptance speech pays tribute to Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. and the King Ranch for their superior (and money-winning) race horses, contributions to cattle-breeding, and model citizenship. The footage also includes portions of Kleberg’s, answering Connally's comments and telling anecdotes about the ranch. Unfortunately, the sound quality of this film is quite poor.