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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1934). 1934 1st edition. 4to. Ppxvi,140. Full-page illustrations by Lionel Edwards. Foreword by Sir Alfred Pease. Red cloth, spine titled in black. Cloth stained and used, foxing and used internally. Good copy, lacks dust-wrapper. "The title of this volume, I think, explains itself. The following chapters are simply the outcome of a good deal of personal experience gained among the stud-farms of England, Ireland and France. I have purposely not dealt with such difficult questions as pedigrees, in-breeding, or winning families, as I am ambitious enough to think that these are deserving of a separate volume." chapters include: The thoroughbred and it conformation; Laying out a stud-farm; Paddocks and pasturage; Choosing the right mares; In the stallion box; foals and yearlings; At training-quarters; In the sale-ring; Is the Derby a fair test?; Some modern thoroughbreds; Round some famouse studs; The esport trade; Some famous show-hunters; Light horse breeding; Horse shos; Point-to-points, their training and winning; Breeding of steeplechasers; Riding to hounds. .