The genealogy of the English race horse : with the natural history of his progenitors, from the earliest times down to the period when foreign blood was introduced into this kingdom : collected from the best authorities : to which is added, the general practice of the most judicious breeders, whereby hey have improved & perfected our breed of blood horses so as to have acquired a decided pre-eminence and superiority in the essential points of size, strength, beauty, speed, bottom &. &c. over those of other countries : with observations upon the present improved method of breeding for the turf : of the selection of stallions : choice of blood mares : crossing the blood, or mixed races : treatment of brood mares and young colts intended for racing, &c. &c. : the result of observation and experience during an acquaintance for many years with the turf / by T. Hornby Morland.

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Creator:: Morland, Thomas Hornby
Title(s):: The genealogy of the English race horse : with the natural history of his progenitors, from the earliest times down to the period when foreign blood was introduced into this kingdom : collected from the best authorities : to which is added, the general practice of the most judicious breeders, whereby hey have improved & perfected our breed of blood horses so as to have acquired a decided pre-eminence and superiority in the essential points of size, strength, beauty, speed, bottom &. &c. over those of other countries : with observations upon the present improved method of breeding for the turf : of the selection of stallions : choice of blood mares : crossing the blood, or mixed races : treatment of brood mares and young colts intended for racing, &c. &c. : the result of observation and experience during an acquaintance for many years with the turf / by T. Hornby Morland.
Published/Created:: London : Printed by J. Barfield, Waldour-Street, printer to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, 1810.
Physical Description:: viii, 160 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
SF335.G7 M67 1810
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3248989
Classification:: Books
Notes:: Frontispiece engraved by Cosmo Armstrong; after a painting by James Ward.
Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, 95
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary brown mottled calf. Bookplate: Daniel Cooper.
Subject Terms:: Clark, Robert Sterling, d. 1956 -- Ownership.
Cooper, Daniel -- Bookplate.
Horse racing -- Great Britain.
Horses -- Breeding.
Form/Genre:: Engravings -- 1810.
Contributors:: Armstrong, Cosmo, engraver.
Barfield, John, active 1790–1842, publisher.
Ward, James, 1769–1859, illustrator.
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