Galtry Sidney (1 results)
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Language: English
Published by Hutchinson & Co., 1934
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Seller: HORSE BOOKS PLUS LLC, Boston, VA, U.S.A.HORSE BOOKS PLUS LLC
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 3rd UK Impression. 1934 3rd printing hardcover in black cloth covered boards showing bumped spine ends w/repaired tear at head. There is a faint wrinkle in the cloth vertically on cover and the book tips remain fairly sharp. Book now fitted with new clear acetate jack…et to keep this book in good shape going forward. Former copy of renowned sportsman/writer J. Stanley Reeve with his tasteful armorial bookplate on frt pastedn. Hinge papers fine, 303pp text is tight, crisp and lightly foxed. Further 12pp of book offerings in rear. Includes 19 b/w photo illustrations. Mr. Sidney Galtrey wrote racing news for the Daily Telegraph under the name 'Hotspur', a name made well known by the pen of the late Mr. Charles Greenwood. An informative and entertaining record of some of the many stories composed by this talented newsman. Chapters include: The Jockey Club: Then and Now/ Racing and Travel in Many Lands/ Famous Manton Horses I and II/ Beckhampton: Four Derby Winners in Eleven Years. The Best of All Races in the War Year of 1916/ Beckhampton: Manna - Coronach - Cameronian/ Celebrities at Whatcombe/ A Phenomenon Among Racehorses/ The Two Most Tragic Derby Winners/ Lord Derby: Eminence as Breeder an Owner/ Two Outstanding Students of Breeding: Lord Wavertree and H.H. The Aga Khan/ Four Sketches: Lord Lonsdale; Mr. H. E. Morris; Lord Glanely; Sir Abe Bailey/ Further Sketches of Personalities/ Danny Maher and Other American Jockeys/ James White: His Trainers and Steve Donohue/ The True Story of the Zev-Papyrus Match in America/ Jockeys: Past and Present Champions/ More About Jockeys - Starting/ Women on the Turf/ Wagers and Wagering/ Steeplechasing and Grand National Memories/ The Old Racing Reporter and the Modern Racing Commentator.
