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The blue ribbon of the turf : a chronicle of the race for the Derby, from the victory of Diomed to that of Donovan; with notes on the winning horses, the men who trained them, the jockeys who rode them, and the gentlemen to whom they belonged : also notices of the betting and the betting men of the period : together with an account of the surroundings of the race, and brief accounts of the Oaks
Title
The blue ribbon of the turf : a chronicle of the race for the Derby, from the victory of Diomed to that of Donovan; with notes on the winning horses, the men who trained them, the jockeys who rode them, and the gentlemen to whom they belonged : also notices of the betting and the betting men of the period : together with an account of the surroundings of the race, and brief accounts of the Oaks / by Louis Henry Curzon.
Publication
London : Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly, 1890.
Manufacture
Guildford : Billing and Sons, printers
Physical Description
x, [2], 364, 32 pages ; 20 cm
Local Notes
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original blue cloth. Autograph: J. Fairfax Blakelong.
Notes
Louis Henry Curzon is a pseudonym used by James Glass Bertram.
Text printed in blue ink throughout.
Printer's statement from foot of page 364.
Publisher's advertisements: 32 pages at end.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 18, 2011
Contents
A preliminary canter
Financial aspects of the race for the "Blue Ribbon"
Men who have won the Derby
Derby and other jockeys
Trainers of Derby and other horses
"Tattersall's"
Touts and tipsters
"The French Year," 1865
"The American Year," 1881
Bookmaking
Who sets the market?
Derbyana
A chronicle of the Derby.
References
Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, 241
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Publishers' advertisements (Publishing) - Great Britain - 19th century.
Also listed under
Chatto & Windus (Firm), publisher.
Billing and Sons, printer.
England London.
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