Racing life and racing characters / by Martin Cobbett.
Published / Created:
London : Sands & Co., 1903.
Physical Description:
viii, 347 p., [29] p. of plates : ports. ; 20 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts Sporting 510Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes portraits of 14 jockeys : W. Halsey, J. Watts, F.W. Hardy, D. Maher, W. Lane, O. Madden, J.H. Martin, C. Trigg, M. Cannon, R. Rodney, W. Griggs, T.L. Miller, J. Plant, and Sloan.BAC: British Art Center copy: Octavo. Light green cloth; gold lettering on front cover and spine, photos of three jockeys on front cover, cover slightly marked. 14 plates of photographs of jockeys. Signed by the author (1903). Spine height: 7 1/2 inches.
Contents:
English Courses and foreign tracks -- The Jockey Club -- Officials -- Commissions and commissioners -- Betting and brigandage -- The Fallacy of systems -- Trainers and training -- The American invasion -- Portraits of celebrated jockeys.