The Right Blood
Subtitle: America's Aristocrats in Thoroughbred Racing
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: January 31, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780813528403
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; American history: from c 1900 -; Horse Racing; Nature; Horse Production; Sports & Recreation; United States; Sports; USA; Social aspects; Biography; Animals; Horsemen and horsewomen; Jockey Club (New York, N.Y.)
First sentence: From the time Achilles arranged a chariot race through the daily double at Aqueduct, . . . horse racing has been 'the sport of kings.'"