Castelvetro, Primo. Il Trottare Americano e Francese: Origini e Sviluppi della Due Razze. Bologna: Tipografia Compositori 1953. 28p + 72 genealogical tables of leading American and French Standardbred stallions; 5 mounted pls. in the first part. Hardcover (skewed from size but sturdy). Covers rather stained; some pages stained but overall..... More
1938. Duncan, William Cary. Golden Hoofs: The True Story of an Amazing Mare: Goldsmith Maid. Philadelphia: Lippincott 1938. 158p + ills. by J. Louis Lundean and others, 1 pl. in color. Very good bright hardcover in good d.j. (edges chipped, creased). ** Still one of the few biographies of an..... More
Good Time Park, Goshen, NY. Program and Trotting Form, August 9, 1944 (Hambletonian). 12p, head photo of Volo Song on cover. Good paperbound (cover soil, light dogearing to a few pages). Results and other figures penciled in. ** Program for 8 trotting and pacing races. The featured races were the..... More
1891. Isaac B. Reed [auctioneer]. Catalogue of Horses, Carriages, Harness, Etc. NY: Fitzpatrick & Wissler Printers, Feb. 17, 1891. [8]p, no ills. Fair paperbound (details on request). Occasional prices penciled in. One of the firm's regular auctions of horses and vehicles, held at their Horse and Carriage Emporium on East..... More
1887. Kellogg, Peter C. & Co., New York. Auction Catalogue of Trotting Stock, Bred at Sunny Slope, San Gabriel, Cal., the Property of L.J. Rose. May 6, 1887. Fair paperbound (front cover detached). ** Catalogue of 40 Standardbred horses, chiefly young fillies and mares. Laid in: clipping with prices and..... More
1932. Palin, S.F., manager. Third Annual Indianapolis Speed Sale. Indiana State Fair Grounds, 1931. 232p, no ills. Fair paperbound (soiled, backstrip chipped, taped at base, one page tear neatly mended). Two pages browned from old newspaper clippings about the 1938 Old Glory sales. ** Auction catalogue of 356 Standardbreds, each..... More
1903. Rau, William H. [stereo card publisher]. Prince Alert, a King among Light Harness Horses. Philadelphia, 1903. Sold by Universal View Co., Philadelphia and Lawrence, KS. Very good stereo card, printed in rich sharp tones. The back is plain. ** The title continues, "Mile Pacing Record made in 1903, 1..... More
1891. [Webb, W.S.] Catalogue Shelburne Farms Stud. NY: John Polhemus 1891. 88p, no ills. Fair hardcover (covers stained); internally very good and sturdy. ** Lists over 200 horses at Shelburne Farms in Vermont, most with breeding and description. Emphasizes Hackneys and Standardbred trotting horses; also carriage horses, saddle horses, and..... More
Wilcox, J.M.[horse owner]. Defender, Record 2.26, son of the great George Wilkes 2.22 will make the season of 1885 at Wilkes-Barre, Pa. No place: Evening Leader Steam Printing House. 18p, 2 ills. Good paperbound (stitched binding, possibly removed from a bound volume). Covers smudged and stained, especially along spine; old..... More
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Woodruff, Hiram. The Trotting Horse of America: How to Train and Drive Him. With Reminiscences of the Trotting Turf. Ed. by Charles J. Foster. Philadelphia: Porter & Coates 1875. 18th revised and enlarged ed. (1st pub. 1868). 479p + several line pls. Elaborately stamped pictorial cloth (lightly rubbed). ** Memoirs..... More
