A Sporting Time: New York City and the Rise of Modern Athletics, 1820-70University of Illinois Press, 1986 - 388 pages |
Contents
Sports of the Turf Thoroughbreds and Trotters | 27 |
The Early Modernization of Horse Racing 182045 | 45 |
Harness Racing as the First Modern Sport | 55 |
Copyright | |
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