Excerpt from The American Turf: An Historical Account of Racing in the United States, With Biographical Sketches of Turf Celebrities, 1898 It is Our privilege to live at a time when this condition Of affairs has passed away almost completely and, it is confidently hoped, permanently. Discouragement now no longer confronts the Sportsman whose intelligent efforts are directed toward the improvement of the horse or the demonstration of his powers. Instead there is even exhibited a liberal and increasing degree'of public ...
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Excerpt from The American Turf: An Historical Account of Racing in the United States, With Biographical Sketches of Turf Celebrities, 1898 It is Our privilege to live at a time when this condition Of affairs has passed away almost completely and, it is confidently hoped, permanently. Discouragement now no longer confronts the Sportsman whose intelligent efforts are directed toward the improvement of the horse or the demonstration of his powers. Instead there is even exhibited a liberal and increasing degree'of public appreciation of the benefit which is thus conferred upon the community at large, apart from the mere relaxation which the sport affords its patrons. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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