Horse Racing S Strangest Tales

Author : Andrew Ward
Publisher : Portico
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-16
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781911042839

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Horse Racing's Strangest Tales by Andrew Ward Pdf

Extraordinary but true stories from over 150 years of racing. This hilarious, sideways look at horse racing vividly recounts many of the strangest moments and oddest incidents from over 150 years of the sport's history. Andrew Ward recalls the time when spectators mounted two fallen horses and rode them to second and third places; the race which had to be re-run because the judge wasn't in his box at the finish; the ultrasonic binoculars that allegedly stunned a horse and unseated a jockey at Ascot, and many more. A totally original, offbeat collection of extraordinary but true stories, Horse-Racing's Strangest Races will be a delight to all lovers of the turf. Word count: 60,000

Author : Andrew Ward
Publisher : Robson Books Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Horse racing
ISBN : 186105324X

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Horse Racing's Strangest Races by Andrew Ward Pdf

A humorous, sideways look at horse racing that recounts many of the strangest moments and incidents from the last 150 years of the sport's history.

Author : John McEvoy,Lenny Shulman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781493070138

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Great Horse Racing Mysteries by John McEvoy,Lenny Shulman Pdf

Great Horse Racing Mysteries digs beneath the surface of some of the sport's most intriguing cases, including the death by poisoning of the great Australian champion Phar Lap; the shooting of William Woodward by his wife Ann, owners of the great horse Nashua; the disqualification of 1960 Derby winner Dancer's Image (was he drugged?); the theft and disappearance in 1983 of Shergar, Europe's best-known racehorse and stallion; and the scandalous financial collapse of Calumet Farm after the death by euthanasia of Alydar, one of the world's most successful sires.John McEvoy researched several unsolved mysteries of the racing world— murder...suicide...arson...fraud—and recounts some of horse racing's strangest, most fascinating tales. In this updated edition, veteran turf writer Lenny Shulman adds to the intrigue by exploring the mysterious death of the troubled jockey Chris Antley, winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness aboard Charismatic, and Big Brown's stunning collapse in the Belmont after cruising to winsin the first two legs of the Triple Crown.

Author : Graham Sharpe
Publisher : Raceform
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2008-09
Category : Horse racing
ISBN : 1905156545

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Racing Post?'s 500 Strangest Racing by Graham Sharpe Pdf

A book about the unexpected, the off-beat, the quirky - five hundred strange stories in horseracing's history. It tells about how a jockey lost a race when he insisted on riding in a top hat, what happened when a trainer fitted his short-sighted runner with spectacles, and why a racehorse was sent to jail.

Author : Andrew Ward
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Horse racing
ISBN : OCLC:1341883594

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Horse Racing's Strangest Races by Andrew Ward Pdf

Author : Bill Heller
Publisher : Whitston Publishing Company
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2006-05
Category : Horse racing
ISBN : 0878755675

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Saratoga Tales by Bill Heller Pdf

Saratoga has always been a special place for people who love Thoroughbred racing. ESPN called Saratoga "the loveliest racetrack in the country" and Sports Illustrated rated it as "one of the 10 best sporting venues in the world." This is a book that will appeal to racing fans, sports lovers, and readers who just can't resist a good yarn. Saratoga truly comes alive in these exciting, ironic, funny, strange, and adventurous tales. This book is filled with extraordinary stories of racing legends and Hall of Fame jockeys.

Author : Chuck and Marion Sokolowski
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-07
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1524548103

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Pony Tales by Chuck and Marion Sokolowski Pdf

This book is a warm and fascinating collection of short stories emanating from the nineteen fifties through contemporary times, capturing the incredible world of Thoroughbred horse racing and American history. The American spirit can be uniquely portrayed through history simply as a Thoroughbred horse race. Being prepared and ever so vigilant for the start as the race begins and each horse conquers their obstacles and hits the finish line in victory, win place, and show is just how America and racing somehow simultaneously prevail. You will travel with Chuck and Jim and others along the way from decade to decade, rubbing elbows with many famous and alluring characters. As you read, you will feel the agony and also the exuberance that both Chuck and Jim experienced along the way through a number of slim calls and exhilarating situations that occur. So hop in the saddle, grab the reins, and enjoy

Author : Iain Spragg
Publisher : Portico
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-23
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781849941884

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Cycling's Strangest Tales by Iain Spragg Pdf

Welcome to the weird, wonderful and two-wheeled world of cycling. Though this isnt the usual side of professional cycling the newspapers report. This is the real world of cycling, the strange and twisted nooks and crannies of the sports bizarre history! Cycling is nearly two hundred years old. The velocipede invented by Baron Karl von Drais in 1817 started the craze for the two-wheeled machine that has had a renaissance few would have predicted. During those decades, bicycles have thrown up more than their fair share of extraordinary and bizarre stories. Iain Spragg has trawled the bicycle history books to give you the most fascinating collection of stories, from the first bicycle trip across the globe (an Englishman on a penny farthing in 1886, of course), the 1904 Tour de France winner who was disqualified when it emerged he had caught the train, the 1937 Japanese invasion of China spearheaded by 50,000 bicycle-mounted troops, and the Japanese enthusiast who stayed stationary on a bike for 5 and a half hours in 1965. With stories from amateur and professional cycling, this is a thoroughly entertaining collection of tales for any two-wheeled enthusiast.

Author : Richard L. Cary, Jr.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1104659891

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Tales of the Turf: And Rank Outsiders (1891) by Richard L. Cary, Jr. Pdf

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Author : Leonora Rustamova
Publisher : Portico
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-15
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781909396333

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Yorkshire's Strangest Tales by Leonora Rustamova Pdf

Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of Yorkshire, or as it is sometimes beautifully referred to, God’s Own County. Though this isn’t the usual side of the county the tourists, travellers and residents see. This is the real Yorkshire, the strange and twisted nooks and crannies of the county’s bizarre history – past, present and future. Following on from the bestselling Strangest Series now comes an eBook devoted to one of England’s most beautiful valley regions. Located in the upper body of Britain’s old man, Yorkshire is a county with more strangeness than you can shake a Dale walking stick at. Home of Robin Hood (he was born in Barnsdale), Guy Fawkes, Dick Turpin and Dracula (Bram Stoker wrote part of the vampire tale in a Whitby hotel!) and, some say, the birthplace of modern civilization even began in Leeds! But you’ll have to read the book to find out why. Yorkshire’s Strangest Tales is a treasure trove of the hilarious, the odd and the baffling – an alternative travel guide to some of the county’s best-kept secrets. Read on, if you dare! You have been warned.

Author : E. T. A. Hoffmann
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 563 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4066338113740

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Weird Tales by E. T. A. Hoffmann Pdf

Hoffman's "Weird Tales" is a brilliant collection of his best works, including the world-known stories like "Mademoiselle De Scuderi," "The Nutcracker and The Mouse King," and also one of the first horror stories in the romantic literature "The Sandman." Hoffman's protagonists are romantic and brave representatives of the epoch. He writes about artists, musicians, poets, and also noble people of trade. His characters live in the era when men fight on duels and women faint to stress their fragility. The range of his characters is stunning. It includes the lady detective Mademoiselle De Scuderi, a mysterious Sandman who steals the eyes of those who don't want to go to bed, and an opera singer Signor Formica. Each of the presented stories has a unique character and belongs to the most valuable pieces of the world's literature that never cease to be topical, intriguing, captivating, and inspiring.

Author : Robert Louis Stevenson,O. Henry,Wilkie Collins,Nathaniel Hawthorne,Thomas Hardy,Arthur Conan Doyle,Saki,G.K. Chesterton,M.R. James,Catherine Crowe,William Douglas O'Connor,Charles Dickens,John Kendrick Bangs,Louisa M. Alcott,Emmuska Orczy,Grant Allen,Leonard Kip
Publisher : Musaicum Books
Page : 941 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788027222421

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MERRY SPOOKY CHRISTMAS (25 Weird & Supernatural Tales in One Edition) by Robert Louis Stevenson,O. Henry,Wilkie Collins,Nathaniel Hawthorne,Thomas Hardy,Arthur Conan Doyle,Saki,G.K. Chesterton,M.R. James,Catherine Crowe,William Douglas O'Connor,Charles Dickens,John Kendrick Bangs,Louisa M. Alcott,Emmuska Orczy,Grant Allen,Leonard Kip Pdf

The holidays are the best time to enjoy Christmas mysteries and classic ghost tales (for the fans of the genre) in the snuggling comfort of your home. This edition hence brings to you some of the finest literary gems together in one place to satisfy your cravings for some suspense. Enjoy: The Christmas Banquet (Nathaniel Hawthorne) What the Shepherd Saw: A Tale of Four Moonlight Nights (Thomas Hardy) The Wolves of Cernogratz (Saki) Markheim (Robert Louis Stevenson) A Chaparral Christmas Gift (O. Henry) The Flying Stars (G.K. Chesterton) The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance (M.R. James) Ghosts and Family Legends (Catherine Crowe) The Ghost: A Christmas Story (William Douglas O'Connor) Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions (Charles Dickens) The Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens) The Haunted Man (Charles Dickens) Thurlow's Christmas Story (John Kendrick Bangs) The Mystery of My Grandmother's Hair Sofa (John Kendrick Bangs) The Abbot's Ghost, or Maurice Treherne's Temptation (Louisa M. Alcott) A Christmas Tragedy (Emmuska Orczy) The Thieves who couldn't Stop Sneezing (Thomas Hardy) Mr Wray's Cash Box or, the Mask and the Mystery (Wilkie Collins) Wolverden Tower (Grant Allen) The Ghosts at Grantley (Leonard Kip) The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (Arthur Conan Doyle) An Exciting Christmas Eve or, My Lecture On Dynamite (Arthur Conan Doyle) Glámr (Sabine Baring-Gould) Mustapha (Sabine Baring-Gould) Told After Supper (Jerome K. Jerome)

Author : E.T.A. Hoffmann
Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788728264362

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Weird Tales Volume 1 by E.T.A. Hoffmann Pdf

‘Weird Tales Volume 1’ (1885) was written by German Romantic author E. T. A. Hoffmann, most famous for his novella ‘The Nutcracker and the Mouse King’ (1816). Included in this first of two volumes are the short stories: The Cremona Violin, The Fermata, Signor Formica, The Sandman, The Entail and Arthur’s Hall. These classic short stories are perfect for fans of horror and fantasy fiction and the authors H. P. Lovecraft and Neil Gaiman. Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann (1776-1822), better known as E. T. A. Hoffmann, was a German Romantic author of fantasy and gothic horror. He was also a composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist. Hoffmann's stories inspired several famous operatic composers including Richard Wagner, Jacques Offenbach and Léo Delibes. He is also the author of the novella ‘The Nutcracker and the Mouse King’, on which Tchaikovsky’s famous ballet, ‘The Nutcracker’ is based. The story also inspired the film ‘The Nutcracker and the Four Realms’ (2018), starring Keira Knightley, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren.

Author : E. T. A. Hoffmann
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 563 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4066338130310

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Weird Tales (Vol. 1&2) by E. T. A. Hoffmann Pdf

Hoffman's "Weird Tales" is a brilliant collection of his best works, including the world-known stories like "Mademoiselle De Scuderi," "The Nutcracker and The Mouse King," and also one of the first horror stories in the romantic literature "The Sandman." Hoffman's protagonists are romantic and brave representatives of the epoch. He writes about artists, musicians, poets, and also noble people of trade. His characters live in the era when men fight on duels and women faint to stress their fragility. The range of his characters is stunning. It includes the lady detective Mademoiselle De Scuderi, a mysterious Sandman who steals the eyes of those who don't want to go to bed, and an opera singer Signor Formica. Each of the presented stories has a unique character and belongs to the most valuable pieces of the world's literature that never cease to be topical, intriguing, captivating, and inspiring. _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_

Author : William Shatner
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-23
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781250130037

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Spirit of the Horse by William Shatner Pdf

From his first time riding as a child, William Shatner has felt a deep love for horses. Whether seated in the saddle, communicating with them, or simply appreciating their beauty, his bond with these majestic animals is deep. For decades he has sought to share his joy—with children, veterans, those with disabilities, and many more—through his annual Hollywood Charity Horse Show. And here, he brings that same joy to his fans and readers. In Spirit of the Horse, the Star Trek and Boston Legal legend speaks from the heart about the remarkable effect horses have had on his life and on the lives of others. From his first horse, bought impulsively on the advice of a twelve-year-old, to his favorite horses, acquired after many years of learning what to look for, this book draws from Shatner’s own experience and pairs it with a wealth of classic horse stories, including unique retellings of the Pegasus myth and the feats of the most famous war horses throughout history. The result is a celebration that captures the unparalleled connection between humans and horses—and the power, courage, mindfulness, and healing that they can inspire in us. Many fans have heard about Shatner’s passion for horses; few have seen it revealed as completely as it is here.