Bass, Tom, 1859-1934

LC control no.	no 00077372
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Bass, Tom, 1859-1934 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	United States
Birth date	1859-01-05
Death date	1934-11-20
Place of birth	Columbia (Mo.)
Place of death	Missouri
Affiliation	World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) Kansas City (Mo.). Fire Department. Board of Advisors
Profession or occupation	Racehorse trainers Horse breeders
Found in	Wilkerson, J. L. From slave to world-class horseman, c1999: p.1, 131, etc. (Tom Bass born on Jan. 5, 1859, died on Nov. 20, 1934, was born a slave and became the nation's preeminent horsemen) OCLC, Sept. 20, 2000 (hdg.: Bass, Tom, 1859-1934; usage: Tom Bass) African American National Biography, accessed June 8, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Bass, Tom; racehorse breeder / trainer; born 05 January, 1859 near Columbia, Missouri, United States; made a living as bellhop and buggy driver, town hotel employee, trainer of rogue horses in Mexico (1879); became the first black rider, placed second in a state show (1882); started his own stable (1883); became a member of Fire Department Board of Advisors, Kansas City; suggested a horse show as a fund raiser, one of the nation's premier events American Royal (1892); won races at Chicago Columbian Exposition, Saint Louis Fair, was the first black to ride at Madison Square Garden; won the Pacific National Show, Los Angeles; won a record number of prizes until 1931; died 20 November, 1934 in Missouri, United States)