Racing calendar
- Publication/Creation:
- London [England] : [Printed and sold by A[lexander]. Grant ..., <1773-
- Resource Type:
- Journal, Newspaper or Serial
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Additional/Related Title Information
- Full Title:
- Racing calendar
- Uniform Title:
- Racing calendar (London, England : Weatherby : Collected issues)
- Related/Included Titles:
- Eighteenth century collections online.
Related Names
- Additional Author/Creators:
- Grant, Alexander, -1801
Reynell, H. (Henry), -1811
Weatherby, James, active 1773-1836
Subjects/Genre
- Subjects:
- Horses--Breeding--England--Periodicals--Early works to 1800
Horse racing--England--Periodicals--Early works to 1800
Race horses--England--Periodicals--Early works to 1800
Description/Summary
- Publication Dates:
- Began with: volume the first (1773)-
- Language:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- 1 online resource (volumes
- General Note:
- "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."
Description based on: Volume the twelfth, for 1784.
Dimensions of the original work: 18 cm (12⁰)
Editor and compiler: James Weatherby; from 1794-1830 compiled by E. and J. Weatherby.
Imprint varies; later issues give: Alex. Grant as the printer, while from 1777-1800 the printer's name is H. Reynell.
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.
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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.
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
Some volumes include half-title and subscribers list.
Title varies slightly after 1809.
Twentieth century issues <1902- > are published for the Jockey Club. - Local Note:
- Available to Emory University students, faculty and staff.
General Libraries have the corresponding microform set, The Eighteenth Century, classed MICFILM 1272. The reel number for this title can be found in the online record when you click the link. - Citation/Reference Note:
- English Short Title Catalog, P6397.
NCBEL, II:1370
NEWSPLAN. East Midlands, p. 392
Ward, W.S. Index of serials, p. 136
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 990024972460302486
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