The Horse Racing Enthusiast's Library: 9 Books
Nine Classic Tales and Histories of the Turf, Jockeys, Breeding, Betting, and Racecourse LifeBy Charles E. Van Loan, Clarence Louis Cullen, Nat Gould, Ralph Nevill, James Glass Bertram, Kenneth Austin, John Lawrence O'Connor, Marguerite Henry
Length69h 44m
About this audiobook
The Horse Racing Enthusiast's Library: 9 Books surveys the many cultural lives of the turf, bringing together fiction, sporting commentary, reminiscence, social observation, and writing for younger readers. Across its nine volumes, racing emerges not merely as spectacle but as a world of breeding, training, wagering, class, regional identity, and human attachment to horses. Dramatic race-day narratives and reflective accounts of racing society stand beside horse-centered tales that enlarge the collection's emotional and ethical range. Its contributors represent distinct but complementary traditions in sporting and popular literature. Charles E. Van Loan and Nat Gould evoke the energy of racecourse fiction; Ralph Nevill and James Glass Bertram connect racing to social history and sporting record; Clarence Louis Cullen, Kenneth Austin, and John Lawrence O'Connor broaden its journalistic and narrative registers; and Marguerite Henry brings a lasting sensitivity to equine character and younger readers. Together, these voices situate horse racing within the development of Anglophone sporting culture and its associated literary forms. This volume is recommended to readers of sports history, animal literature, popular fiction, and social history alike. It offers an unusual opportunity to compare styles and assumptions across generations, while tracing how competition, commerce, memory, and affection converge around the horse. Its internal dialogue makes the set both an engaging read and a valuable resource for understanding racing's literary imagination.
Audiobook details
GenreOther, General Fiction
Length69 hrs 44 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 4, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Racehorses in Australia
2INTRODUCTION
3THE RACEHORSE IN AUSTRALIA
4Chapter I. The Pre-historic Days.
5Chapter II. The First Race Mare.
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6Chapter III. The ’Thirties.
7Chapter VII. The Early Records.
8Chapter IX. The Great Men of Old.
9Chapter XIII. Other Great Horses.
10Chapter XIV. Queens of the Turf.
11Chapter XVI. The Gist of it all.
12MARTIN STAINFORTH: AN APPRECIATION
13THE SECRET OF STAYING POWER
14THE AUSTRALIAN JOCKEY CLUB AND RANDWICK
15THE VICTORIAN RACING CLUB AND FLEMINGTON
16THE THOROUGHBRED HOMES OF AUSTRALIA
17FAMOUS RACEHORSES
18RACING IN NEW SOUTH WALES
19Old Man Curry: Race Track Stories
20OLD MAN CURRY
21BY A HAIR
22THE LAST CHANCE
23ELIPHAZ, LATE FAIRFAX
24A MORNING WORKOUT
25THE MODERN JUDGMENT OF SOLOMON
26Taking Chances
27INTRODUCTORY NOTE.
28THIS WIRETAPPER WAS COLOR-BLIND.
29"WHOOPING" A RACE-HORSE UNDER THE WIRE.
30JUST LIKE FINDING MONEY.
31THIS SON OF FONSO WAS OF NO ACCOUNT.
32HARD-LUCK WAIL OF AN OLD-TIME TRAINER.
33STORY OF AN "ALMOST" COMBINATION.
34"RED" DONNELLY'S STREAK OF LUCK.
35AND "RED BEAK JIM" TOOK THE TIP.
36THE GAME OF RUNNING "RINGERS."
37EXPERIENCES OF A VERDANT BOOKMAKER.
38THE MAN WHO KNEW ALL ABOUT TOUTS.
39A "COPPER-LINED CINCH" THAT DID GO THROUGH.
40HE "COPPERED" HIS WIFE'S "HUNCHES."
41A RACE HORSE THAT PAID A CHURCH DEBT.
42A SEEDY SPORT'S STRING OF HORSES.
43THIS TELEGRAM WAS SIGNED JUST "BUB."
44STORY OF A FAMOUS PAT HAND.
45GREAT LUCK AT AN INOPPORTUNE TIME.
46CARD-PLAYING ON OCEAN STEAMERS.
47THIS DOG KNEW THE GAME OF POKER.
48WIND-UP OF A TRAIN GAME OF POKER.
49QUEER PACIFIC COAST POKER.
50THE PROPER TIME TO GET "COLD FEET."
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