Sporting stories
By: by "Thormanby."
Publisher: Dana Estes & Co.
Published: 1910
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
Subjects: Horses.; Horse racing.; Sports stories.
Table of contents: title: Turfites on the grand scale; title: Fathers of bookmaking; title: Some latter-day pencillers; title: Partners and plungers; title: Trainers and jockeys; title: Wasting of jockeys; title: Queer characters of the turf; title: First steeplechase and its sequel; title: Adventures of Tom Olliver; title: Jem Mason and lottery; title: Humours of Tommy Coleman; title: Record of Captain Beecher; title: Tips from strange sources; title: Rout of the thimble-men; title: Precocity in the saddle; title: Foul riding and foul play; title: Arab and the English racehorse; title: Feats of equine endurance; title: Sport at the 'varsities; title: 'Varsity steeplechases; title: Old-time eccentrics of sport; title: Some humours of the hunting-field; title: Perils and penalties of hunting; title: Most extraordinary jump on record; title: Driving and trotting; title: Some notable horse-breakers; title: Horse-dealers and horse stealers; title: Isle of Man and the first Derby; title: Heroes of the leash; title: Cockpit; title: Prize ring; title: Noble art of self-defence; title: Champions I have known; title: Gun stories; title: Dog stories; title: Recollections of rifle shooting; title: Fishing yarns; title: Cricket, past and present; title: Are cricketers short-lived?; title: Football and its traditions; title: Gossip on golf; title: Giants of the links; title: Origin of polo; title: How polo came to England; title: Board of green cloth; title: Blind sportsmen; title: Sportsmen of the bench and bar; title: Gossip on hunting men; title: Old squire's diary and a cavalier's notebook; title: Remarkable racing dreams; title: Index to persons mentioned in the book.