Description | The author was editor of the Cleveland Bay Stud Book. Includes chapter 1 - Malton as a sporting centre and the horses trained there, chapter 2 - Ashgill and the Osbornes, chapter 3 - York and Ainsty racing community and mentions Sir Charles Slingsby, the Holderness at Askham Bryan, Colonel Fairfax, chapter 4 - Bilsdale and Sinnington racing community, chapter 5 - Cleveland and Eskdale racing country, chapter 6 - hunting round Malton and looks at the early history of Lord Middleton's country, Sir Tatton Sykes and Sir Charles Legard, chapter 7 - The Honourable Captain Johnstone's hounds, chapter 8 - Cleveland bays and chapter 9 - some Yorkshire shorthorns. The book includes folded charts showing the horses sired by pedigree horses Lily Agnes, Queen Mary bay mare, 1843, Mandragora, 1860 and Thorn. |