The Kentucky Harness Horse [electronic resource] / Ken McCarr ; foreword by Larry Evans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCarr, Ken, 1903-1977.

Series:

Kentucky Bicentennial bookshelf.

Kentucky Bicentennial Bookshelf

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Standardbred horse.

Harness racing--Kentucky--History.

Harness racing.

Harness racehorses--Kentucky--History.

Harness racehorses.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (154 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1978.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<P>This informative book shows how the influence of Kentucky Standard breeding spread across the nation and finally around the world. Here is the story of the horses and farms, the men and women who made it possible. Rich with anecdote and founded on a unique store of learning, it will delight both the newcomer to the sport and the lifelong devotee.</P>

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; A Prefatory Note; 1 Beginnings; 2 Systematic Breeding and Early Speed; 3 The George Wilkes Boom; 4 Spread of the Kentucky Influence; 5 Four Families of Trotting; 6 Patriarchs of Pacing; 7 Belgravian Dames; 8 Producers of Champions; 9 Kentucky's Trotting Races; A Note on Sources

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliography: p. [131]

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-5969-5

OCLC:

679485633