| Racing in America 1960-1979
William H. Rudy, privately printed by The Jockey Club 1980, limited to 2000 copies of which this copy is unnumbered. 43 illustrations in b&w and color plates. Buckram boards with leather spine label, deckle edges. Printed on laid paper. Fine. Sixth edition. The history of two decades of explosive growth in the thoroughbred industry, through the stories of some of the brightest stars: Kelso, Bold Ruler, Buckpasser, Secretariat, Ruffian, Seattle Slew and "their" people. Beautifully produced volume, the sixth of a series published by the Jockey Club since 1922. "One picture caught the essence of 1973 racing - a picture of Secretariat, all alone. Thirty-one lengths alone in the stretch at Belmont Park at the end of the105th running of the Belmont Stakes. This great horse, his rivals tiny figures far up the track . . . was becoming the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years." |