The ideas expressed by the following poem in its entirety may or may not reflect the opinions of the Antebellum Turf Times – ATT Editor] Stanzas by a Sporting Bachelor – author unknown Love is just like a race-ground – it is, by my soul, Where losses or gains may betide …
General Kosciuszko’s Horse — As Noble as the Man Himself
Dear Readers of the Turf Times: Our correspondent's coverage of the New Orleans Jockey Club's 1837 Inaugural Spring Races will resume in next week's issue! In the meantime, here's a brief tale of true chivalry, culled from the archives of the American Turf Register and …
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Ode to a Swift Nag: Day Four, New Orleans Jockey Club 1837 Spring Races [Part III. – 1837 Races]
Thy name, swift nag, shall be enroll’d On every sporting ground. – New Orleans Picayune, 21 March 1837 Monday, Day Four of the New Orleans Jockey Club’s inaugural spring races over Captain Oliver’s new Eclipse Course might as well have been promoted as Ladies' Day at …
A Race
Strike aloud the signal drum, to call Each well trained racer from his stall; Drive back the anxious crowd from where Rider and steed would both prepare, For warm contention in the race; …
On the Treatment of the Race Horse, Immediately Preceding and on the Day of the Race
Mr. Editor: Natchez, Nov. 22, 1830 I have seen with pleasure, and I hope, some profit, the “instructions for training race horses,” given by “A …