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F. W. Cheshire, Melbourne, Published 1960. Hardcover, 370 pp.; 23 cm; First Edition; illustrated with black-and-white photographic plates and text illustrations.
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In Acceptable condition with an Acceptable dust jacket. Illustrated paper-covered boards printed with a finish-line racing scene, with moderate spotting, foxing, soiling, and toning to front and rear covers and heavier toning along the edges and spine. Binding tight. Interior pages moderately toned with scattered foxing and spotting throughout. Otherwise unmarked. Illustrated dust jacket with moderate to heavy spotting, soiling, and toning, heavier toning along the edges and spine, and some color loss along the edges and spine. A solid reading copy. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover.Published to mark the centenary of the Melbourne Cup, this was the first full history of Australia's greatest race, written with the support of the Victoria Racing Club and access to its archives. The narrative runs from Archer's win in the inaugural 1861 Cup through a century of champions, among them The Barb, Carbine, Phar Lap, Peter Pan, and Rising Fast. Appendices give the Cup winners in a suggested order of merit, the breeding of every winner, and a complete statistical record of the race from 1861 to 1959, followed by an index. Foreword by H. E. Bolte, Premier of Victoria.Contents: Early Days; The Conflicting Years 1861-1863; The Formative Years 1864-1869; The Dramatic Seventies 1870-1879; The Years of Optimism 1880-1890; The Grey Years 1891-1899; The Halcyon Years 1900-1913; The War Years 1914-1919; The Jazz Age 1920-1928; The Years of Depression 1929-1938; The Second World War 1939-1945; The Changing Years 1946-1959; The Centenary Melbourne Cup; Cup Winners in Suggested Order of Merit; Breeding of Cup Winners; Statistical Record of the Melbourne Cup 1861-1959; Index.