Download or read book Portraits of Celebrated Racehorses of the Past and Present Centuries, Vol. 2 of 4 written by Thomas Henry Taunton and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Portraits of Celebrated Racehorses of the Past and Present Centuries, Vol. 2 of 4: In Strictly Chronological Order, Commencing in 1702 and Ending in 1870, Together With Their Respective Pedigrees and Performances Recorded in Full This publication is designed not only for those more or less acquainted with the history of the Turf, and who may have acquired an abiding interest in all that concerns it, but for such of the general community as may desire to know something of those equine celebrities which have figured, in the most captivating of all our national pastimes, as winners of the three great classic races, of the Ascot, Goodwood, and Doncaster Cups, and of other cups, stakes, and matches at different race meetings throughout the kingdom, during the past and present centuries. In the arrangement of the work strict chronological order has been observed, whereby the comparative merits of the various competing horses can be accurately gauged and estimated at their proper standard. 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.