Lingua: Inglese
Editore: United States Trotting Association, 1968
Da: Epilonian Books, Manhattan Beach, CA, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. United States Trotting Association, Published 1968. Hardcover, 1054 pp.; 24 cm; third printing, 1970; illustrated with black-and-white line drawings by William A. Orr and black-and-white photographs throughout. In Good+ condition, no dust jacket. Green cloth boards with silver lettering on the front and spine. Mild nicking to the bottom corner of the front cover. Light overall shelf wear with a hint of color loss along the edges. Binding is sound. Interior pages have light toning but are otherwise unmarked. Written by James C. Harrison in conjunction with fourteen of the leading harness racing trainers and drivers of the era, including Stanley Dancer, Billy Haughton, Delvin Miller, Ralph Baldwin, Joe O'Brien, Harry Pownall, and Sanders Russell. Covers all aspects of the standardbred trotter and pacer, from bloodlines and breeding, yearling selection, breaking and training at every age, shoeing and farriery, bits, boots, and bridles, stable management, conditioning, general horsemanship, and race preparation. Includes a special section on equine nutrition by Dr. William J. Tyznik. Also features a chapter on trotting in New Zealand by George B. Noble and a chapter on lameness in the standardbred by Dr. Edwin A. Churchill. The definitive reference work on harness racing care and training from the mid-twentieth century.Contents: Bloodlines and Breeding; Selecting the Yearling; Breaking the Yearling; Training the 2-Year-Old; Training and Conditioning; The Farrier; The Practice of Shoeing and Balancing; Bits, Boots and Bridles; The Year-Round Stable; Tips on Training; General Horsemanship; Driving the Race; Care of the Horse; Training in New Zealand; Stable Management; Lameness in the Standardbred; Nutrition and Feeding (Part I, Nutrition; Part II, Feeding); Stock Farm Management; Appendix; Index.