Author: William Taplin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
The Gentleman's Stable Directory: Or, Modern System of Farriery, Etc. (The Eleventh Edition, with Very Considerable Additions.) [With Plates.]
The Gentleman's Magazine
Mr. Darley's Arabian
Author: Christopher McGrath
Publisher: 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.
Publisher: 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.
British Sporting Artists from Barlow to Herring
Author: Walter Shaw Sparrow
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animals in art
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animals in art
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature
Author: Tobias Smollett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
Each number includes a classified "Monthly catalogue."
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
Each number includes a classified "Monthly catalogue."
Eclipse
Author: Nicholas Clee
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1468300059
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Watching Eclipse is the man who wants to buy him. An adventurer and rogue who has made his money through gambling, Dennis O'Kelly is also a known companion to the madam of a notorious London brothel. Under O'Kelly's management, Eclipse would go on a winning streak unparalleled for the next two centuries. As journalist Nicholas Clee explores in this captivating romp, while O'Kelly was destined to remain an outcast to the racing establishment, his horse would go on to become the undisputed, undefeated champion of the sport. Not only a consummate winner, Eclipse exemplified the perfect thoroughbred -- a status he retains even today. Eclipse's male-line descendants include Secretariat, Barbaro, and all but three of the Kentucky Derby winners of the past fifty years.
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1468300059
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Watching Eclipse is the man who wants to buy him. An adventurer and rogue who has made his money through gambling, Dennis O'Kelly is also a known companion to the madam of a notorious London brothel. Under O'Kelly's management, Eclipse would go on a winning streak unparalleled for the next two centuries. As journalist Nicholas Clee explores in this captivating romp, while O'Kelly was destined to remain an outcast to the racing establishment, his horse would go on to become the undisputed, undefeated champion of the sport. Not only a consummate winner, Eclipse exemplified the perfect thoroughbred -- a status he retains even today. Eclipse's male-line descendants include Secretariat, Barbaro, and all but three of the Kentucky Derby winners of the past fifty years.
Works on Horses and Equitation
Author: Frederick Henry Huth
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Horsemanship
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Horsemanship
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Book Catalogue
A Catalogue of Old and Rare Books
Author: Pickering & Chatto
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bookbinding
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bookbinding
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description