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1887 Racing and Steeple-Chasing : Horse Racing : Sports : Jockey Club Newmarket
1887 Racing and Steeple-Chasing : Horse Racing : Sports : Jockey Club Newmarket
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Racing and Steeple-Chasing
(The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes)
This work comprises of 'Racing' by the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire and W G Craven, with a contribution by the Hon F Lawley. In addition to 'Steeple Chasing' by Arthur Coventry and Alfred E T Watson.
Published by Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1887. Second Edition. 8vo, decorative cloth binding. Illustrated throughout by J Sturgess, including a coloured frontispiece. 419 pages including the index.
CONDITION
In good clean condition throughout. The cloth binding is in good clean condition. Endpapers good. All contents present and pages clean throughout. No names or writing. Overall a very good copy.
CONTENTS
RACING:
History of Horse Racing, Horses of Ancient Britain, The Progress of the Sport, History of the Jockey Club, Racing Officials, Newmarket, Racing in the "Provinces", Racing Servants, Breeding, Treatment of Yearlings, Early Trails, Three-Year-Olds, Over a Distance of Ground, Upon Trainers, Upon Jockeys, Betting.
STEEPLE-CHASING:
The Origin and Development of Steeple-Chasing, The Selection of the Chaser, Schooling, Fences and Fencing, Riding the Race, Hurdle-Racing, Local Meetings, Famous Chasers and Their Riders.
(The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes)
This work comprises of 'Racing' by the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire and W G Craven, with a contribution by the Hon F Lawley. In addition to 'Steeple Chasing' by Arthur Coventry and Alfred E T Watson.
Published by Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1887. Second Edition. 8vo, decorative cloth binding. Illustrated throughout by J Sturgess, including a coloured frontispiece. 419 pages including the index.
CONDITION
In good clean condition throughout. The cloth binding is in good clean condition. Endpapers good. All contents present and pages clean throughout. No names or writing. Overall a very good copy.
CONTENTS
RACING:
History of Horse Racing, Horses of Ancient Britain, The Progress of the Sport, History of the Jockey Club, Racing Officials, Newmarket, Racing in the "Provinces", Racing Servants, Breeding, Treatment of Yearlings, Early Trails, Three-Year-Olds, Over a Distance of Ground, Upon Trainers, Upon Jockeys, Betting.
STEEPLE-CHASING:
The Origin and Development of Steeple-Chasing, The Selection of the Chaser, Schooling, Fences and Fencing, Riding the Race, Hurdle-Racing, Local Meetings, Famous Chasers and Their Riders.
