1926 The History of the Racing Calendar and Stud-Book: From their inception in the Eighteenth Century, with Observations on some of the Occurrences noted therein

Description

First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding

First edition. 

In the publisher's original blue cloth binding.

This work offers a thorough history of two significant racing publications and records, the Racing Calendar, the official horseracing publication of the Jockey Club, and the Stud-Book. 

Written by C. M. Prior, the author of 'Early Records of the Thoroughbred Horse'. 

With accounts of their first publications and and early formalities in the eighteenth century, and observations on their contemporary records.