Item #49456 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. Samuel CHIFNEY.

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 good overall. The second edition appeared in 1804 with a dated title page. Item #49456

Price: £300.00

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