The Genealogy of the English Race Horse with the Natural History of His Progenitors, from the Earliest Times Down to the Period when Foreign Blood was First Introduced into this Kingdom; Collected from the Best Authorities: to which is added, the General Practice of the most judicious Breeders, whereby they have Improved & Perfected our Breed of Blood Horses so as to have acquired a decided Pre-eminence and Superiority in the essential Points of Size, Strength, Beauty, Speed, Bottom over those of other countries: With observations upon the Present Improved Method of Breeding for the Turf, on the Selection of Stallions, Choice of Brood Mares, Crossing the Blood, or Mixing Races; Treatment of Brood Mares and Young Colts intended for Racing. T. Hornby Morland, 1810, London. ¾ leather with marble boards, age toned and quite foxed but very good. Lovely frontspiece engraving of the stallion Eagle, 160 pgs. An utterly charming book on all aspects of the blood horse, including much on the earliest sires. "Chance and accident are so allied with all our pursuits, but more particularly those of the turf, that in some instances luck predominates over skill and judgment. A worthy Baronet (whose expertise in breeding and knowledge of racing, gives weight to his observations) declared in my hearing, that he would rather possess a 'lucky horse' than a 'good one'".