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A Race

Editor | Aug 19, 2011

Strike aloud the signal drum, to call Each well trained racer from his stall; Drive back the anxious crowd from where Rider and steed would both prepare, For warm contention in the race; …

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On the Treatment of the Race Horse, Immediately Preceding and on the Day of the Race

Editor | Aug 19, 2011

Mr. Editor:                                                                                                                                Natchez, Nov. 22, 1830 I have seen with pleasure, and I hope, some profit, the “instructions for training race horses,” given by “A …

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“Could Nature More Clearly Sanction the Sports of the Turf?”

Editor | Aug 19, 2011

From an 1831 issue of the American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine, here’s an amusing anecdote about a pair of highly trained thoroughbreds, who ran their race without having to be asked – just like the plucky Virginia colt who crossed the finish line first in “A Toast to …

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Song to the Silver Tea Service of the Louisiana Jockey Club [Part V. – 1837 Races]

Editor | Aug 9, 2011

William C.C. Claiborne

“The plate is worth going to see without the race.”–New Orleans Picayune, 22 March 1837 After a week of contests dominated by fillies and colts, Wednesday, Day Six, closing day of the New Orleans Jockey Club’s inaugural spring races over the new Eclipse Course at Carrollton, …

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