Hardback 214 pages published by Michael Joseph 1961. The dust cover is torn and there is an inscription to the inside cover. Black and white photographs.
John Hislop worked in a racing stable for ten years and was a successful flat and national hunt amateur rider with over 100 winners to his name. He retired in 1946 and became a leading writer on racing. This is a selection of Hislop’s writings in The Observer which give a vivid picture of the sport with famous names both equine and human including Petite Etoile, Crepello, Devon Loch, Parthia, Alcide, Prince Aly Khan, Sir Gordon Richards, Manny Mercer and many more.
