Coverage of closing day for the 1837 New Orleans Jockey Club Spring Races concludes next week! For this week's issue, the Times shares the following resource for track building, circa 1833: Rules for Laying Out a Race Course. Through the middle of the intended course, …
A Toast to Bumper, the Best Winded, the Fleetest Horse of All [Part II. – 1837 Races]
“The public may probably never have it in their power again to witness such sport!” Captain Yelverton N. Oliver It was a landmark day for racing in the United States, for this was a Sunday–and the first occasion for a Jockey Club anywhere to hold a contest on the …
Stanzas By a Sporting Bachelor
The ideas expressed by the following poem in its entirety may or may not reflect the opinions of the Antebellum Turf Times – ATT Editor] Stanzas by a Sporting Bachelor – author unknown Love is just like a race-ground – it is, by my soul, Where losses or gains may betide …
General Kosciuszko’s Horse — As Noble as the Man Himself
Dear Readers of the Turf Times: Our correspondent's coverage of the New Orleans Jockey Club's 1837 Inaugural Spring Races will resume in next week's issue! In the meantime, here's a brief tale of true chivalry, culled from the archives of the American Turf Register and …
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Ode to a Swift Nag: Day Four, New Orleans Jockey Club 1837 Spring Races [Part III. – 1837 Races]
Thy name, swift nag, shall be enroll’d On every sporting ground. – New Orleans Picayune, 21 March 1837 Monday, Day Four of the New Orleans Jockey Club’s inaugural spring races over Captain Oliver’s new Eclipse Course might as well have been promoted as Ladies' Day at …