40 records matched your query
03020aam a22003614i 4500 001 5CC77FD8112011E793B36BE2DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170325010033 008 170202t20172017nyuafo b 001 0 eng d 010 $a bl2017005154 020 $a 1681773384 020 $a 9781681773384 040 $a NjBwBT $b eng $c NjBwBT $e rda $d GCmBT $d SKYRV $d SILO 050 14 $a SF338 $b .M38 2017 082 04 $a 636.1/2 $2 23 100 1 $a McGrath, Christopher $c (Journalist) $e author. 245 10 $a Mr. Darley's Arabian : $b high life, low life, sporting life : a history of racing in twenty-five horses / $c Christopher McGrath. 246 3 $a Mister Darley's Arabian 250 $a First Pegasus Books hardcover edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Pegasus Books, $c 2017. 300 $a xv, 426 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (some color), photographs (some color) ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Part I. Roots -- "The most esteemed race amongst the Arrabs both by Syre and Dam" -- "The cross strains now in being are without end" -- A groom with a view -- A day at the races: Outwood Racecourse, Wakefield, 4 September 1745 -- "He won as many hearts in Newmarket as he lost in Scotland" -- Part II. Rakes -- "Eclipse first, the rest nowhere" -- Breeding discontent -- The way ahead -- A day at the races: Epsom, 16 May 1793 -- The regeneration gap -- Part III. Ringers and wrong 'uns -- Nobblers, broken heads and the "artful dodger of the corps" -- The west awake -- "I see a rum set in my day...But these beat all calculation" -- A day at the races: Doncaster, 17 September 1845 -- "Mr Palmer passes me five times in five minutes" -- Part IV. Age of the iron horse -- Full steam ahead -- Old sweats and new money -- A day at the races: Epsom, 20 May 1863 -- "She is my brood mare. the others are my hacks" -- A day at the races: Alexandra Palace, 1 July 1868 -- "The lad rode as well as any could" -- Part V. The fast set -- "My God, Berkeley, this is too hot!" -- A day at the races: Ascot, 17 June 1897 -- "He is far ahead of the lot, even with all his faults" -- Jewels in the crown -- Part VI. War horses -- "All their young men are killed" -- A day at the races: Epsom, 6 June 1923 -- "I have no method. Method is imitation. I invent." -- Part VII. Raising the stakes -- "Chuck, what I tol' you?" -- A day at the races: Churchill Downs, 2 May 1964 -- "Bang him on the nose early, Bobby. Make his eyes water." -- "They'd run through a wall for you." -- "I'd e surprised if there's ever been a better horse.". 650 0 $a Horse racing $x History. 650 0 $a Thoroughbred horse $x History. $x History. 941 $a 6 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722053637.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006112610.0 952 $l DZPB423 $d 20180713034729.0 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20180106011817.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20170412022510.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20170412011649.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5CC77FD8112011E793B36BE2DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search