Collectanea for the historian of the American thoroughbred horse from the files of Skiner's American farmer, etc. / Photostats assembled 1929 by Fairfax Harrison.
Alternate Title(s):
Collectanea on the American horse
Published / Created:
Belvoir, Fauquier County, Virginia : [Fairfax Harrison, 1929]
Physical Description:
[130] p. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Date of publication and publisher from statement of responsibility.
Contents:
I. Racing in Colonial Virginia / W.G. Stanard -- II. Early Virginia pedigrees (from "Advocate's" collection) -- III. Edgar's story of the Godolphin -- IV. Early Maryland pedigrees (from the collection of Gen. Thomas Marsh Forman) -- V. The state of the blood horse in Virginia 1823 (the debate between W.H. Fitzhugh and John Randolph) -- VI. The earliest private stud books (John Taylor III and John Randolph of Roanoke) -- VII. Unrealized proposals for an American stud book, 1815-1837 -- VIII. The first American stud book (Cottom 1828 & 1830).