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steward · Postby **steward** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:24 pm

This is a good one for the Oakland track and Old Santa Anita. Good mainly for 1910 and before. Very easy to browse, and search:

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/ ... sues/1908/

steward · Postby **steward** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 9:22 am

The first 3 entries are downloadable Racing Calendars (chart books) for years 1961-9. Published in the early 1900s. The indexes are near the back of each volume:

http://books.google.com/books?q=edition ... MDAAAAYAAJ

steward · Postby **steward** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 1:02 pm

More downloadable Goodwins:

http://books.google.com/books?q=edition ... gFAAAAYAAJ

More downloadable Morning Telegraph:

http://books.google.com/books?q=edition ... wPAAAAYAAJ

steward · Postby **steward** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:36 pm

http://books.google.com/books?q=edition ... GEAAAAIAAJ

steward · Postby **steward** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:42 pm

http://books.google.com/books?id=u-uEAA ... 5&as_brr=0

steward · Postby **steward** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:44 pm

http://books.google.com/books?q=edition ... MDAAAAYAAJ

steward · Postby **steward** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 6:13 pm

Just a notice that they are slowly adding issues to this site. I've noticed some in 3 different years.

http://kdl.kyvl.org/static/drf/

steward · Postby **steward** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 8:10 pm

Old magazines which contain horse racing features. A table of contents in front pages of the issues will link directly.

http://books.google.com/books?q=edition ... cFAAAAYAAJ

steward · Postby **steward** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:22 pm

Here's a quirky site that contains NY newspapers that other search engines can't find. The search feature isn't perfect, but you can (kinda) search by date if you change the "sort by" drop-down menu on the left hand side. I've found a lot of info that was otherwise unavailable.

http://fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html

steward · Postby **steward** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 4:25 pm

Here are several DRF articles written by W. S. Vosburgh, regarding the top 2 yos, 3 yos and older horses for 50 years straddling the turn of the 20th Century:

http://kdl.kyvl.org/cgi/t/text/pageview ... 1701%3A1.2

http://kdl.kyvl.org/cgi/t/text/pageview ... 2001%3A1.3

http://kdl.kyvl.org/cgi/t/text/pageview ... 0301%3A1.5

A few of the names are not common household ones, and had interesting careers.

steward · Postby **steward** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 7:45 pm

Here is an incredible library of downloadable books from the Seavern's collection. Nursery Stud. Algeria Stud. etc. etc.

http://www.archive.org/search.php?query ... 20seaverns

steward · Postby **steward** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 5:43 pm

Another library with old horse racing books. It gives full access to some books that Google Books only gives limited views to.

Morning Telegraphs, for example
(The navigating takes some getting used to -- it's imperative to use the pages listings on the left part of the page):

http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008697003

Krik's guide for 1883 (vol 1) is available at the very bottom of the list:

http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008697002

Searching yields many other surprises.

steward · Postby **steward** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:31 am

Google made the 1872 version of the American Turf Register available for download:

http://books.google.com/books?id=IbI3AQ ... &q&f=false

steward · Postby **steward** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 6:31 am

The 1873 version of the American Turf Register became available for download overnight, evidently.

http://books.google.com/books?id=prI3AQ ... &q&f=false

cissiny · Postby **cissiny** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 4:49 am

Thanks for the very interesting links!

I've stumbled upon the first mentioned library, or rather specific articles, before. Indeed interesting!

I am using Google book search (only free downloads) a lot and here are some titles that might be interesting:

Best wishes,
Cissi in Sweden