Legacies of the Turf

Legacies of the Turf : A Century of Great Thoroughbred Breeders is a biographical book written by Thoroughbred horse racing historian Edward L. Bowen and published by Eclipse Press on November 25, 2003. (ISBN 978-1581501025)

Legacies of the Turf was named "Sports Book of the Year" by ForeWord Reviews magazine.[1]

In addition to the twenty chapters on the people and/or specific breeding operations, there is a section titled and devoted to Foundation Mares.

Chapters

  1. James R. Keene
  2. John E. Madden
  3. August Belmont II
  4. William Collins Whitney & Harry Payne Whitney
  5. Arthur B. Hancock, Sr.
  6. William Woodward, Sr.
  7. Greentree Stud (Helen Hay Whitney)
  8. Samuel D. Riddle & Walter M. Jeffords, Sr.
  9. Col E. R. Bradley
  10. Hal Price Headley
  11. Wheatley Stable
  12. Mereworth Farm
  13. Joseph E. Widener & George D. Widener, Jr.
  14. Calumet Farm
  15. John Hay Whitney & Joan Whitney Payson
  16. Brookmeade Stable
  17. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
  18. Bieber-Jacobs Stable
  19. Alfred G. Vanderbilt II
  20. Arthur B. Hancock, Jr.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.eclipsepress.com/backlist_titles/B11-1079.html


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