American turf register and sporting magazine.
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| OCLC: | 4793910 |
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| مؤلفون آخرون: | |
| اللغة: | English |
| منشور في: |
[Baltimore, Md. :
J.S. Skinner,
1830-1845]
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| سلاسل: | American periodical series, 1800-1850 ;
404-407. |
| الموضوعات: | |
| Global Resources Program: | Southeast Asia Materials Project (SEAM) |
| التنسيق: | دورية Microform Note that CRL will digitize material from the collection when copyright allows. |
| منشور في: | Vol. 1, no. 1 (Sept. 1829)-v. 15 (Dec. 1844) |
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| وصف المادة: | The first of its kind in the United States, the American Turf Register was founded and edited for the first ten years by John S. Skinner. According to the Knickerbocker it had no "superior in any country, for various merits, sporting pictures usually involving animals, such as diagrams of horses. The editor felt there was a great need for an authentic record of the performances and pedigrees of bred horses. However, the periodical was not devoted to the turf alone as it also featured material on shooting, hunting, fishing and other outdoor sports. Cf. American periodicals, 1741-1900. Vols. 6-7: Pagination is irregular. Title from caption. |
| وصف مادي: | 15 v. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| تواتر النشر: | Monthly. |