Item #18687 The Sporting Kalendar. Containing a Distinct Account of what Plates and Matches have been run for in 1754, an Article for Making a Newmarket Match, Certificates to Prove the Qualification of a Horse . . Horse Racing, John Pond, Cock Fighting.

The Sporting Kalendar. Containing a Distinct Account of what Plates and Matches have been run for in 1754, an Article for Making a Newmarket Match, Certificates to Prove the Qualification of a Horse . . .

[London]: Printed by G. Woodfall, at the King’s-Arms, Charing-Cross, [1754]. First edition. 12mo, original sprinkled calf, gilt spine, red leather label, gilt lettering, xxxvi, 204 pages. Some light rubbing and wear; a very good copy. Item #18687

One of seven annuals published by Pond between 1751 and 1757, a comprehensive tabulation of all aspects of the British turf—winning horses, handicaps, odds, pedigrees, stallions advertised for cover for 1755, cocking matches for 1754, etc. With additions in a neat contemporary hand to two pages, one adding the name of a horse in a May, 1754 race and another note adding the specifications of a plate to be run for at Newmarket.

Price: $375.00