Antebellum Turf Times begins the new year with the following homage to the races; we wish we could take credit for this piece, but nonetheless we are pleased to be able to share it with our readers. This excerpt is from The South Carolina Jockey Club, published in 1857, and …
Antebellum Turf Times Returns in 2012!
Dear Readers, Our faithful correspondent, whose staunch reporting has enabled us to bring you coverage of historic racing in New Orleans and on Long Island, has single-handedly brought new meaning to the concept of participatory sportswriting; having recently endured a series of …
Meditation on a Pumpkin.
We at the Antebellum Turf Times wish our readers the most blessed of Thanksgiving holidays. We are thankful for the wealth of thoroughbred racing tales that keep our publication in existence -- and eternally grateful to our predecessors at the local newspapers and turf …
How to Catch a Wild Turkey, Circa 1831
In preparation for next week's Thanksgiving holiday, the Turf Times shares the following informative article on obtaining the family dinner -- selected from the archives of the American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine. Wild Turkey. But the most common method of …
The Great Match Race– Part I., Napoleon Challenges the North
"The way in which either party managed to improve their horses was kept as much a secret as the mysteries of Isis.” -- Niles' Weekly Register The Year: 1823. The American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine called it the “annus mirabilis in racing annals" – the “year of …
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