The Trotting and the Pacing Horse in America
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1904. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], v-x, [2], 1-369, [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Green cloth with gold lettering and a gold decoration on the front board, gold lettering on the spine; top edge gilt. Illustrated with a frontispiece and with a design on the title page, and with numerous plates of black and white photographs. Edited by Caspar Whitney, part of the American Sportsman's Library. The plates depict jockeys and of course, horses, practicing on the tracks. A detailed history of how breeders trained their horses to complete courses faster, with discussion of the family lineages of the various horses. Very Good. Item #000013408
Traces of rubbing to the cloth's edges, two gift inscriptions on the free front endpaper.
Price: $250.00