Steeplechasing The Complete History of the Sport in North America

Name: Steeplechasing The Complete History of the Sport in North America
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ISBN: 9781586670351

ISBN-10: 1586670352

ISBN-13: 9781586670351

Edition: 2000

Authors: Peter Winants

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Steeplechasing provides a long, colorful history of the sport and gives behind the scenes portraits of the horses, people and places of the chase.

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Derrydale Press, The
Publication date: 8/16/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 344
Size: 9.42" wide x 12.26" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 4.136
Language: English

Peter Winants is former editor & publisher of "The Chronicle of the Horse" & is the director emeritus of the National Sporting Library in Middleburg, Virginia. He is also the author of "Jay Trump: A Steeplechasing Saga" & "Flatterer: The Story of a Steeplechase Champion." He lives in Middleburg, Virginia.



Acknowledgments


Foreword


Prologue


Introduction



Steeplechasing in Nineteenth-Century North America


Landmarks, 1834-1865


Steeplechasing at Major Race Courses in the 1800s


Hunt Race Meetings in the 1800s


Steeplechasing in Canada in the 1800s


The Founding of the National Steeplechase Association



An Overview of the Sport, 1900-1999


Ups and Downs, 1900-1945


Steeplechasing Finds Its Niche, 1946-1999



Important People through the Years


J. Howard Lewis Jr.


Thomas Hitchcock


F. Ambrose Clark


Colonel Brooks


Frank D. (Dooley) Adams


Marion du Pont Scott


John E. Cooper


W. Burling Cocks


The Smithwick Brothers


Joseph L. Aitcheson Jr.


George A. Sloan


George Strawbridge Jr.


Jonathan E. Sheppard


Janet Elliot



Six Historic Race Meetings


A Proud Heritage in South Carolina


Good Times in Tennessee


Sport and Fun at Rolling Rock


Gold in Virginia


Good Fortune at Fair Hill


Maintaining a Proud Tradition at Far Hills



Important Brush and Hurdle Horses, 1900-1999


Good and Plenty


Duettiste


Fairmount


Jolly Roger


Bushranger


Battleship


Elkridge


Neji


Bon Nouvel


Zaccio


Flatterer


Lonesome Glory


Honorable Mention


Oedipus


Cafe Prince


Census


Highland Bud and Mistico


Warm Spell


Victorian Hill


Rowdy Irishman



Important Timber Horses, 1900-1999


Oracle II


Billy Barton


Burgoright


Blockade


Winton


Pine Pep


Mountain Dew


Jay Trump


Ben Nevis II


Saluter


Honorable Mention


Jacko


Cancottage


Von Csadek


Buck Jakes



Good Luck and Bad: A Chronology of Steeplechasing in the Twentieth Century


List of Illustrations


Notes


Bibliography


Index