Famous Horses of America
Famous Horses of America

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Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-10-04

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9781333836412

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Excerpt from Famous Horses of America: Containing Fifty-Nine Portraits of the Celebrities of the American Turf, Past and Present; With Short Biographies Coe. He was a chestnut horse, with white near hind leg, about in height, and made his first appear ance on the turf as a two-year-old (according to the then existing Southern rule of calculating ages), on the Metairie Course, New Orleans, April 1853, in a sweep-stakes for that age, Winning both heats, in 1:48fi - lz45i, and beating Conrad the Corsair, Argent and Zero. The ensuing Fall, he started for and won the sweepstakes for three-year-olds, two-mile heats, Pharsalia Course, Natchez, carrying 86 lbs. Beating his two opponents, Atala and Conrad the Corsair, in 3:45i - 3z46i. On Jan. He beat the famous mare Sallie Ward, by Glencoe, and another, in a race of mile heats, over the same course, in and just one week afterwards beat Mary Taylor, Joe Blackburn and Medina, two-mile beats, in 31455 - 3252i. Seven days afterwards, he won the two-mile heat purse, same course, in beating the Cora Colt, by Gallatin. On April 1, 1854, on the Metairie Course, New Orleans, he started for the Great Post Stakes, of $5000, each, four mile heats, against Lexington, Highlander and Arrow, over a heavy track. Highlander was the favorite, but Lexington won the first heat by three lengths in Lecompte second and Arrow distanced. Lexington won. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Famous Horses of America: Containing Fifty-Nine Portraits of the Celebrities of the American Turf, Past and Present: With Short Biographies
Famous Horses of America: Containing Fifty-Nine Portraits of the Celebrities of the American Turf, Past and Present: With Short Biographies

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Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2018-03-04

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9781379263296

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