Genius Genuine, by Samuel Chifney, of Newmarket. A Fine Part in Riding a Race, Known Only to the Author. Why there are so Few Good Runners; or why the Turf Horses Degenerate. A Guide to Recover them to their Strength and Speed; as well as to Train Horses for Running, and Hunters and Hacks for Hard Riding... Likewise a Full Account of the Prince's Horse Escape Running at Newmarket on the 20th and 21st Days of October 1791. With Other Interesting Particulars.
London: Sold only for the Author, 232 Piccadilly, [1795]. First edition. 8vo. 170 pp. (i-v), vi-vii, (viii-xi), 12-170 pp. Contemporary red full straight grained morocco, neatly rebacked to style, gilt tooled compartments with a gilt lettered green label. Some light wear and marking to the boards, occasional browning within, very..... More