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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No DJ. [219] pp. LYLE, R.C. 4th Impression. Putnam 1934 8.75" x 5.25" Illustrated by Lionel Edwards.
"Brown Jack (19241948) was a thoroughbred racehorse that raced over hurdles and then on the flat. He was a "stayer" a horse specialising in longer races. He won the second Cheltenham Champion Hurdle in 1928, but his main claim to fame was winning the Queen Alexandra Stakes the longest race in the flat racing calendar for six years running, from 1929 to 1934. His repeated victories made him one of the most popular racehorses in the history of British racing. A bronze statue of Brown Jack, by the equestrian painter Sir Alfred Munnings, is to be seen at Ascot. Brown Jack was a brown gelding, foaled in Ireland by Jackdaw out of Querquidella. He was bought as a 3 year old by Sir Harold Wernher, Bt. and trained by Aubrey Hastings to race over hurdles. After Hastings' death in 1929, he was trained by former jockey Ivor Anthony (brother of Jack Anthony and O
- Format: Hardback
- Author: R. C. Lyle
- Condition: Very Good
- Publisher: Putnam
- Publication Year: 1934