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Posted on May 9, 2013 - by

Antebellum Turf Times is Featured in The New York Times Horse Racing Blog, “The Rail”

Sporting Epistle

Dear Readers: We are pleased to announce that the Times has been featured this week in “The Rail,” The New York Times Horse Racing Blog! Read more here: “The Rail.” Enjoy! Editor, Antebellum Turf Times  

Posted on January 4, 2013 - by

Antebellum Turf Times contributes to New Orleans Historical

Sporting Epistle

Dear Readers: Best wishes for a prosperous 2013 to all! During late 2012, your Editor was invited to contribute two stories about the historic Eclipse Course (with related images) to the New Orleans Historical web and mobile platform, a project of the University of New Orleans and Tulane University. Please visit the site’s home page [...]

The First Kentucky Derby—Unhorsed by The Louisville Cup?
by on April 28, 2013
The first race ever to stop a nation? The Great Match Race between the North & South
by on October 26, 2012
Rules of the Adams County Jockey Club Unearthed!
by on February 24, 2012
The Second Great Match Race Between the North and South: Post Boy V. John Bascombe
by on January 20, 2012
On a Race Ground: The Noise of Their Hoofs Increases; the Breathless Moment of Suspense is at Hand!
by on January 6, 2012
Antebellum Turf Times Returns in 2012!
by on December 2, 2011
The Great Match Race, Part IV. — The Aftermath
by on November 11, 2011
The Great Match Race, Part III. — See, the Conqu’ring Hero Comes!
by on November 4, 2011
The Great Match Race, Part II. — Which Hero of Napoleon’s Southern Army Will Face Eclipse?
by on October 28, 2011
The Great Match Race — Part I., Napoleon Challenges the North
by on October 21, 2011
Song to the Silver Tea Service of the Louisiana Jockey Club [Part V. - 1837 Races]
by on October 7, 2011
No Rest for the Weary: Day Five’s One-Miler Tests the Mettle of Three Returning Racers [Part IV. - 1837 Races]
by on September 23, 2011
Ode to a Swift Nag: Day Four, New Orleans Jockey Club 1837 Spring Races [Part III. - 1837 Races]
by on September 9, 2011
Going to the Races? Good Luck Finding a Seat on the New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad
by on August 26, 2011
Captain Oliver’s Triumph: Opening Day at the Eclipse Course, March 17, 1837 [Part I. - 1837 Races]
by on August 26, 2011
A Toast to Bumper, the Best Winded, the Fleetest Horse of All [Part II. - 1837 Races]
by on August 12, 2011
Racing Extras and Embellishments

The First Kentucky Derby—Unhorsed by The Louisville Cup?

Dear Readers: Since the following post is outside the realm of antebellum racing, we are making an exception in order to honor the current Triple Crown season with coverage of the first Derby.—Editor, Antebellum Turf Times   It may have been the first Kentucky Derby, but it wasn’t the star attraction of the Louisville Jockey [...]

Racing Extras and Embellishments

Rules of the Adams County Jockey Club Unearthed!

Dear Readers: The Times is pleased the share from the Constitution of the Adams County, Mississippi, Jockey Club (1845) the following selections on rules governing the antebellum turf. Our racing correspondent discovered this preserved document among the possessions of Natchez turfman William J. Minor, whose papers are currently archived in the Special Collections at Louisiana [...]

Poetry of the Turf

The Second Great Match Race Between the North and South: Post Boy V. John Bascombe

While the Times’ loyal correspondent was combing the archives in the search for more tales of the turf, the following untitled poem was unearthed—which recounts the Second Great Match Race between the North and South, held over the Union Course on Long Island in 1836 [please see Part IV.—the Aftermath from the Great Match Race [...]

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