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Author McCarr, Ken, 1903-1977.

Title The Kentucky harness horse / Ken McCarr ; foreword by Larry Evans
Published Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©1978

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 129, [2] pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations
Series The Kentucky Bicentennial bookshelf
Kentucky Bicentennial bookshelf.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; A Prefatory Note; 1 Beginnings; 2 Systematic Breeding and Early Speed; 3 The George Wilkes Boom; 4 Spread of the Kentucky Influence; 5 Four Families of Trotting; 6 Patriarchs of Pacing; 7 Belgravian Dames; 8 Producers of Champions; 9 Kentucky's Trotting Races; A Note on Sources
Summary This informative book shows how the influence of Kentucky Standard breeding spread across the nation and finally around the world. Here is the story of the horses and farms, the men and women who made it possible. Rich with anecdote and founded on a unique store of learning, it will delight both the newcomer to the sport and the lifelong devotee
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 131)
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Harness racehorses -- Kentucky -- History
Harness racing -- Kentucky -- History
Standardbred horse.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Animal Husbandry.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Horse Racing.
Harness racehorses
Harness racing
Standardbred horse
Kentucky
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780813159690
0813159695