Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Hervey, John, 1870-1947
Title:
Racing in America : 1922-1936 / written for the Jockey Club by John Hervey.
Published / Created:
New York : Privately Printed, the Jockey Club, c1937.
Physical Description:
x, 293 p., [59] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 34 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
SF347 .H47c+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
A continuation of Racing in America: 1866-1921, by W. S. Vosburgh. Cf. Introd.

With an errata slip, tipped in at front.

Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, 446

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original quarter brown cloth and tan boards, with printed spine label. A presentation copy, from the Jockey Club to Harry Worcester Smith. Two printed reviews of the title tipped in at front. Also appended at front is a TLS (dated Dec. 11, 1937) from the author to Harry Worcester Smith, discussing the present work.

A history of thoroughbred horses and racing in the United States.
Subject Terms:
Horse racing -- United States. | Horse racing -- History. | Race horses -- United States. | Smith, Harry Worcester Smith -- Pres. letter from The Jockey Club, 1937. | Jockey Club -- Pres. letter to Harry Worcester Smith, 1937. | Smith, Harry Worcester Smith -- TLS from The Jockey Club, Feb. 21, 1938. | Jockey Club -- TLS to Harry Worcester Smith, Feb. 21, 1938.1 | Hervey, John -- TLS to H.W. Smith, Dec. 11, 1937. | Smith, H.W. -- TLS from John Hervey, Dec. 11, 1937.
Contributors:
Jockey Club (New York, N.Y.)