Steeplechasing: A Complete History of the Sport in North America - Hardcover

Winants, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1586670352 ISBN 13: 9781586670351

Publisher: Derrydale Press, 2000

Synopsis

Steeplechasing provides a long, colorful history of the sport and gives behind-the-scenes portraits of the horses, people, and places of the chase. From the 1800s, enjoy the reproductions of illustrations from colorful sporting journals, and enjoy the writing style of that era which was equally colorful. In more recent times, marvelous action pictures capture the excitement, beauty, and sometimes danger of the sport. Art lovers will also enjoy the color reproductions of horse portraits and race scenes by some of America's best sporting artists. Limited Edition ($175) is bound in a cloth clamshell casing.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

A Complete History of the Sport in North America, by Peter Winants (former editor of The Chronicle of the Horse), provides a colorful history of the sport and gives behind-the-scenes portraits of the people and places of the chase. Abundantly illustrated, this book covers nearly 200 years of Steeplechasing.

About the Author:

Peter Winants is former editor and publisher of The Chronicle of the Horse and is the director emeritus of the National Sporting Library in Middleburg, Virginia. He is also the author of Jay Trump: A Steeplechasing Saga, and Flatterer: The Story of a Steeplechase Champion. He lives in Middleburg, Virginia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Derrydale Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1586670352
• ISBN 13: 9781586670351
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 344