Paperback. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. Reprint. Gift quality, crisp, un-creased glossy paperback without names, tears or soil. 199pp profusely illustrated. A valuable source of statistical information for the years 1916-1941, including; leading sires 1891-1940, leading broodmare sires to 1940, breeding of every stakes winner foaled between 1916 and 1938. "Chapters"; Changes in the Racing Scene, The Pedigree Mystery, Pedigrees, Leading Sires, Population Table, Leading Sires of 2-year-olds, Leading Sires of Broodmares, Purse Distribution, Growth of Race Courses, Steeplechasing, Seabiscuit, Racing Season Summaries, History of the Blood-Horse, Breeders of Stakes Winners, Index. A wonderful source of information for a glorious era of thoroughbred racing and breeding.
Editore: The Blood-Horse, Inc
Da: HORSE BOOKS PLUS LLC, Boston, VA, U.S.A.
Leatherette. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Silver hardcover leatherette boards with green lettering shows color loss at still sharp tips, internally fine with name on fep. 199 pp. Only 2,200 copies of the Silver Anniversary edition of The Blood-Horse were originally published. This reprint has additions to include all winners of American stakes races foaled from 1916 through 1940 and the selection dealing with stallions has been updated to include the entire stud record of each sire.