| Matriarchy of the American
Turf
M.F. Bayliss, privately printed 1931. Reprint in plain wraps (softcover), lacking illustrations. 468 pgs. Reprint of this scarce title, by a print-on-demand company. A classic text , of great use to any researcher. Consists largely of family tables of foundation mares. "From immemorial time horsemen had had a saying, ' The mare makes the horse'. The pages of this book contain the whole genetic history of the mares who have made the successful racehorses of the modern period in the United States". |