"Louis Shapes Up For Carnera Tilt"

Future heavyweight champion Joe Louis breaks from training by taking a horseback ride at his training camp in Pompton Lakes, N.J. ... Scheduled to fight Primo Carnera on June 25th... Measures 7x9"... Dated 6/10/35... Has some paper stuck to small area at top left... Some mild corner creasing to top and bottom right... Overall condition is fine... Nice clear image of a 21 yr. old Joe Louis

FROM THE BOOKS
Joe rarely misses a game (baseball) featuring his hometown favorites, the Detroit Tigers, if he can help it. Horseback riding comes a close second on Louis' list of hobbies. The Brown Bomber owns an enormous ranch in Michigan. He breeds horses there and owns a small circular track for riding purposes. His love for horses was so great that he was the happiest man in the world when the Army assigned him to the cavalry at Fort Riley, Kansas, when he enlisted in 1942.
Irving Rudd-The Ring   August, 1946

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