The blue ribbon of the turf : a chronicle of the race for the Derby, from the victory of Diomed to that of Donovan; with notes on the winning horses, the men who trained them, the jockeys who rode them, and the gentlemen to whom they belonged : also notices of the betting and the betting men of the period : together with an account of the surroundings of the race, and brief accounts of the Oaks / by Louis Henry Curzon.

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Bertram, James Glass, 1824-1892, The blue ribbon of the turf , 1890

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Creator:: Bertram, James Glass, 1824–1892
Title(s):: The blue ribbon of the turf : a chronicle of the race for the Derby, from the victory of Diomed to that of Donovan; with notes on the winning horses, the men who trained them, the jockeys who rode them, and the gentlemen to whom they belonged : also notices of the betting and the betting men of the period : together with an account of the surroundings of the race, and brief accounts of the Oaks / by Louis Henry Curzon.
Published/Created:: London : Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly, 1890.
Guildford : Billing and Sons, printers
Physical Description:: x, [2], 364, 32 pages ; 20 cm
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
SF357.E42 B47 1890
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/9765303
Classification:: Books
Notes:: Louis Henry Curzon is a pseudonym used by James Glass Bertram.
Text printed in blue ink throughout.
Printer's statement from foot of page 364.
Publisher's advertisements: 32 pages at end.
Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, 241
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original blue cloth. Autograph: J. Fairfax Blakelong.
Subject Terms:: Blakelong, J. Fairfax -- Autograph.
Epsom Derby, England (Horse race)
Gambling -- Great Britain.
Horse races -- England -- Betting.
Horse races -- England -- History.
Horse racing -- England -- Epsom -- History.
Horsemen and horsewomen -- England.
Jockeys.
Race horses -- England.
Form/Genre:: Publishers' advertisements (Publishing) -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
Contributors:: Chatto & Windus (Firm), publisher.
Billing and Sons, printer.
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A preliminary canter
Financial aspects of the race for the "Blue Ribbon"
Men who have won the Derby
Derby and other jockeys
Trainers of Derby and other horses
"Tattersall's"
Touts and tipsters
"The French Year," 1865
"The American Year," 1881
Bookmaking
Who sets the market?
Derbyana
A chronicle of the Derby.

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