containing an account of the plates, matches, and sweepstakes, run for in Great-Britain and Ireland, &c. in the year Weatherby, James active 1773-1836 Jockey Club (Great Britain) text text enk London printed and sold by A. Grant ... 1773- 1773 uuuu serial Semiannual (Collected issues), 1846- Annual (Collected issues), 1773-1845 Annual eng

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V. the first (1773)- Imprint varies; later issues give: Alex. Grant as the printer, while from 1777-1800 the printer's name is H. Reynell. Title varies slightly: 1810-, The racing calendar: for the year ... . By James Weatherby; issues for 1794-1830 by E. and J. Weatherby; for 1831-1835 by E. and C. Weatherby; for 1836-1839 by E.C. and J. Weatherby; for 1840-1858 by C. and J. Weatherby; for 1859-1867 by C., J., and E. Weatherby; for 1868 by C., J., E., and J.P. Weatherby. "Weatherby's Racing book for 1773, was published on the 3d of February last [i.e. 1774], and may be had at Mr. Tattersall's, Hyde-Park Corner; Mr. Grant's, no. 5, Bridges-street, Covent-Garden, London; the coffee-house in Newmarket; and at the printing-office [of Anne Ward], Coney-street, York." Original issues for 1777 also give names of booksellers and distributors for annual volumes, including: Benj. Lund at Mrs. Ward's, printer in York; Mr. Harrop, printer in Manchester; Mr. Monk, printer in Chester; and Mrs. Bassnet, stationer in Bath. Includes lists of future races at all English courses, race results for courses in Great Britain and Ireland, news of horse sales, blood stock, stallions at stud, prizes awarded; with advertisements for horse medicines, farriers, saddles and other equipment. Near-complete run of the “Racing Calendar”, the official public organ of the Jockey Club (today the British Horseracing Authority) for more than two centuries. The present set begins with the year 1775, volume 3 of the series edited by James Weatherby, and ends more than 200 volumes later in 1978. To this day, the Calendar is edited by the Weatherbys concern and remains a gentlemans guide to “betting with greater advantage, by the provision of knowledge of form [...] and breeding” (DNB). James Weatherby was appointed to serve the Jockey Club as its Secretary in 1770. From 1994 onwards, he was assisted by his nephew Edward, whose work on racehorse pedigrees dovetailed neatly with Jamess racing work. Some slight binding defects to earliest volumes; one later volume with severe spine defects wanting restoring, but generally an impressive and admirably preserved, near-uniformly bound set of “the racing fraternitys bible” (DNB). From the library of the editor, Edward Weatherby, with his armorial bookplate on front pastedown of several volumes; later in the library of Sir Henry Monson de la Poer Beresford-Peirse (18501926), a relative of the famous Irish horseman and notorious reprobate Henry de La Poer Beresford, 3rd Marquess of Waterford (181159). Many volumes also bear the stamp of the country squire and racing stable owner Philip Cosens of Warren Lodge, Newmarket, associating this copy directly with one of the most famous of British thoroughbred racetracks. Main Heritage Majlis Director SF325 .R3 Vol.52;1824. Journal Vol.52;1824. Item-ID: i27005914 BIB-ID: 1525355 Since 1846, there have been 2 v. per year, both bearing the same serial number, and comprising respectively races past and races to come.--cf. BM Cat. "Annual" refers to the year's racing season, which generally runs from early Apr. to Nov., depending on the weather. Individual issues renumbered from "1" at the start of each racing season. <1902-> published for the Jockey Club. e-uk--- Horse racing Great Britain Periodicals SF325 .R33 22943160 aacr bdrb VMV 910110 20131230032028.0 ocm22943160 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.5 using MARC21slim2MODS3-5.xsl (Revision 1.111 2016/3/24) eng