From Gladiateur to Persimmon

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Excerpt from From Gladiateur to Persimmon: Turf Memories of Thirty Years It has been my aim in this book to bring Turf history somewhat "up to date." Thanks to Post and Paddock Silk and Scarlet, Scott and Sebright, and other works of my late father, The Druid, those of the present generation who take an interest in our great national sport have every opportunity of becoming fully acquainted with the deeds of the famous horses that flourished prior to the sixties. Since that date, however, nothing like a history of the Turf has been attempted. Mr. Custance has given us his very interesting Riding Recollections and Turf Stories, but, as the name implies, the book is almost entirely restricted to horses that he rode himself. Then to Mr. John Porter we are indebted for Kingsclere, an admirable record of his long and honourable career as a trainer, and the existence of this book furnishes the reason why I have not devoted any space to the wonderful Turf career of the late Duke of Westminster. This portion of my subject has been fully covered by Mr. Porter, and it would have been folly indeed on my part to have attempted to supplement what he has done so well and thoroughly. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.