Author: James Christie WhytePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
History of the British turf
Author: James Christie WhytePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
History of the British Turf, from the Earliest Period to the Present Day
Author: James Christie WhytePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!
History of the British Turf
Author: James RicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Horse racing
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Flat Racing and British Society, 1790-1914
Author: Mike HugginsPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113526418X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
2001 North American Society for Sports History Book of the Year This volume studies the formative period of racing between 1790 and 1914. This was a time when, despite the opposition of a respectable minority, attendance at horse races, betting on horses, or reading about racing increasingly became central leisure activities of much of British society.
The Publishers' Circular and General Record of British and Foreign Literature
Author: British Sport: a Bibliography to 2000
Author: Richard CoxPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113528721X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Volume one of a bibliography documenting all that has been written in the English language on the history of sport and physical education in Britain. It lists all secondary source material including reference works, in a classified order to meet the needs of the sports historian.
The History of Newmarket, and the Annals of the Turf
Author: John Philip HorePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Mr. Darley's Arabian
Author: Christopher McGrathPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1681773902
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
In 1704 a bankrupt English merchant sent home the colt he had bought from Bedouin tribesmen near the ruins of Palmyra. Thomas Darley hoped this horse might be the ticket to a new life back in Yorkshire. But he turned out to be far more than that, and although Mr. Darley's Arabian never ran a race, 95% of all thoroughbreds in the world today are descended from him. In this book, for the first time, award-winning racing writer Christopher McGrath traces this extraordinary bloodline through twenty-five generations to our greatest modern racehorse, Frankel.The story of racing is about man's relationship with horses, and Mr. Darley's Arabian also celebrates the men and women who owned, trained and traded the stallions that extended the dynasty. McGrath expertly guides us through three centuries of scandals, adventures and fortunes won and lost: our sporting life offers a fascinating view into our history. With a canvas that extends from the diamond mines of South Africa to the trenches of the Great War, and a cast ranging from Smithfield meat salesmen to the inspiration for Mr. Toad, and from legendary jockeys to not one, but two disreputable Princes of Wales (and a very unamused Queen Victoria), Mr. Darley's Arabian shows us the many faces of the sport of kings.
The American Bibliopolist
Author: Sport as History
Author: Tony CollinsPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317987020
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Published to mark the career of one of sports history’s pioneers, this book traces the evolution of sport across three continents. It brings together some of sports history’s leading scholars to investigate not only the history of sport but also how that history is written. This Festschrift marks the retirement of Professor Wray Vamplew – an internationally-renowned leader in the field of sports history. His 1976 book The Turf was one of the very first academic histories of sport and he has been a prolific writer, scholar and teacher for almost forty years. No one has played such an important role in the field of sports history across North America, Europe and Australia. President of the Australian, Australian Society of Sports History (ASSH), the British Society of Sports History (BSSH), the European Committee for the History of Sport (CESH) and the International Society for the History of Physical Education and Sport (ISHPES), Vamplew is currently editor of the North American Society for Sports History’s (NASSH) journal, the Journal of Sport History. This collection reflects his interests and his appeal across the three continents, the essays deal with sport in America, Australia, Britain and Ireland and focus on the themes of national and regional identity, gender, trade unionism in sport and historiographical debates. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the history of sport and how it is studied today. This book was published as a special issue of Sport in History.