Dear Readers of the Turf Times: In honor of the upcoming holiday weekend and related celebrations, here's a tale from the Spirit of the Times archives about the escapades of Jack Ragg, a 19th century English draught horse. Next week's issue will continue coverage of the New …
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“The day will come when the Eclipse Course will be the first in the United States.” – New Orleans Picayune, 18 March 1837 New Orleans race fans in 1837 benefitted from the recently established New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad, which transported thousands to the …
“[Col. Bingaman] has won, we believe, when not only his friends but himself thought he must inevitably lose.” – New Orleans Picayune, 23 March 1837 We know that it rained on Monday, Day Four of the New Orleans Jockey Club’s 1837 Spring Races, but fortunately the wet …
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; …
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 …
