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Excerpt from The Horse of America in His Derivation, History and Development
Antiquity of American racing - First race course at Hempstead Plain, 1665 - Racing in Virginia, 1677 - Conditions of early races-early so-called Arabian importations - The marvelous tradition of Lindsay''s Arabian - English race horses first imported about 1750 - The old colonial stock as a basis - First American turf literature - Skinner''s American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine, 1829 - Cadwallader R. Colden''s Sporting Magazine, Short-lived but valuable - The original Spirit of the Times Porter''s Spirit of the Times Wilkes'' Spirit of the Times, 1859 - Edgar''s Stud book-wallace''s Stud Book - Bruce''s Stud Book - Their history, methods and value - Summing up results, showing that success has followed breeding to individuals and families that could run and not to individuals and families that could not run, what ever their blood.
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Antiquity of American racing - First race course at Hempstead Plain, 1665 - Racing in Virginia, 1677 - Conditions of early races-early so-called Arabian importations - The marvelous tradition of Lindsay''s Arabian - English race horses first imported about 1750 - The old colonial stock as a basis - First American turf literature - Skinner''s American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine, 1829 - Cadwallader R. Colden''s Sporting Magazine, Short-lived but valuable - The original Spirit of the Times Porter''s Spirit of the Times Wilkes'' Spirit of the Times, 1859 - Edgar''s Stud book-wallace''s Stud Book - Bruce''s Stud Book - Their history, methods and value - Summing up results, showing that success has followed breeding to individuals and families that could run and not to individuals and families that could not run, what ever their blood.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
John Hankins Wallace
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781528084420
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm
Page Count - 626
Paperback
Contributors
Author
John Hankins Wallace
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781332471362
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.4 cm
Page Count - 628
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