The Kentucky Harness Horse /

Show other versions (1)

This informative book shows how the influence of Kentucky Standard breeding spread across the nation and finally around the world. Here is the story of the horses and farms, the men and women who made it possible. Rich with anecdote and founded on a unique store of learning, it will delight both the...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McCarr, Ken, 1903-1977
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 1978.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Standardbred horse.
Harness racing.
Harness racehorses.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Horse Racing.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Animal Husbandry.
Trotteur americain.
Chevaux de course > Kentucky > Histoire.
Harness racing > Kentucky > History.
Harness racehorses > Kentucky > History.
Kentucky.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; A Prefatory Note; 1 Beginnings; 2 Systematic Breeding and Early Speed; 3 The George Wilkes Boom; 4 Spread of the Kentucky Influence; 5 Four Families of Trotting; 6 Patriarchs of Pacing; 7 Belgravian Dames; 8 Producers of Champions; 9 Kentucky's Trotting Races; A Note on Sources.

Similar Items