(From Old Corral collection) | The original Tony Left are Mix and the original Tony / Tony Sr.. |
(Courtesy of Ed Phillips) | (Courtesy of Ed Phillips) |
Above - Mix and the original Tony in lobby card photos from 3 JUMPS AHEAD (Fox, 1923) and THE TROUBLE SHOOTER (Fox, 1924). In the card on the right, you can see white diamond face blaze on the original Tony. Note the blaze fades out just above the nostrils. The Santa Clarita Valley History in Pictures website has several webpages on Mix. This one has a nice shot of Mix and the original Tony: http://www.scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2030.htm G. E. Nordell's website includes a photo of Mix on Old Blue, the horse he used prior to Tony Sr. The signed notation on the photo reads: "In memory of 'Old Blue', the best horse I ever rode, born July 14, 1897, killed January 29, 1919. We grew old together, Tom Mix" The photo is at: http://www.genordell.com/stores/western/images/TomMix&Blue_Mixville.jpg The Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection has several 1929 photos of Mix and Tony Sr. on the Flickr photo website: http://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/6141014064/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/5737596589/ |
(From Old Corral collection) | Tony Jr. The two images on the left show Tom Mix during his early 1930s days at Universal with Tony Jr. (with four white socks). | |
(From Old Corral collection) The above photo of Mix is used in a variety of articles and books, and normally includes the caption that he is riding Tony Sr. (which is incorrect). This is Mix on Tony Jr. (four white socks). |
Above - Tony Jr. (Courtesy of Donn & Nancy Moyer and the Jeannie Blair collection) Above - Mix with his circus in the background and riding Tony Jr. lookalike #3. This horse has a unique and irregular face blaze that runs over the left eye, and the mane is light in color. Below is a closeup/crop of lookalike #3. Lookalike #3. Above is Tony Jr. lookalike #1. This horse had a diamond shape blaze and a very thin, white stripe from the diamond down to the nose. | Mix, Tony Jr. and his Tony Jr. lookalikes at Universal, 1932-1933.
No original Tony (Tony Sr.) in these films.
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Tony II Right - Mix on the white Tony II chatting with Gene Autry riding ??? during their 1939 Christmas Parade appearance in Hollywood. | (From Old Corral collection) |