The American West 3

Fabulous Quarter Horse
Steel Dust
Wayne Gard
Duell, Sloan and Pearce 1958

The true story of Texas' most famous stallion. Steel Dust was celebrated as a champion sprinter on the prairie turf of frontier Texas more than a century ago.

He became the foundation sire of the most popular strain of Quarter Horses in America today.

b/w illustrations. 64 pages.

£ 8.00

Foundation Dams of the
American Quarter Horse
Robert M. Denhardt
University of Oklahoma Press 1982

Accounts of such great dams as the legendary Selima, Castianira, Brandon, Paisana and all the other great Quarter Horse dams - more than 800 of them - are included, and all the eminent breeders from Virginia and the Carolinas to Texas, Oklahoma, and the West Coast are represented.

232 pages.

£ 20.00

Know the American Quarter Horse
The Farnam Horse Library 1977

Account of history and heritage of the
American Quarter Horse,
the westward migration, principal sire lines,
shows and racing.

Colour photographs. 64 pages.

£ 3.00

 

Das Quarter Horse
Hardy Oelke
Kierdorf Verlag 1987

Standard work on Quarter Horse breeding.

Many colour - and b/w photographs. 162 pages.

£ 20.00

The Colonial Quarter Race Horse
Alexander Mackay-Smith
1983

Of this book fifteen hundred copies
have been printed - this is copy no. 347.

Autographed copy.

The first book to tell the colourful and entertaining story of America's first form of racing (c. 1650-1773), over quarter mile parallel race paths, match races between Quarter Horses, the country's first breed of horses and only native breed of running horses.

Large volume.
 Profusely illustrated in colour and b/w.
328 pages.

£ 100.00

Quarter Horses
A Story of Two Centuries
Robert M. Denhardt
University of Oklahoma Press 1969

The author traces the European origins and, from Colonial times, the development and use of the Quarter Horse in the United States. He covers outstanding horses, performance records, early breeders, and the establishment of the American Quarter Horse Association.

b/w photographs. 192 pages.

£ 30.00

The King Ranch Quarter Horses
Robert M. Denhardt
University of Oklahoma Press 1970

The fabled King Ranch of South Texas is renowned not only for its size and its breed of cattle - the Santa Gertrudis - but also for its own breedof horses - the King Ranch Quarter Horses.

b/w photographs. 256 pages.

£ 30.00

Speed and the Quarter Horse
a Payload of Sprinters
Nelson C. Nye
The Caxton Printers, Ltd. 1973

The book discusses the earliest beginnings
of Quarter Horse racing, opinions about training, the need for speed in every
Quarter Horse and some thoughts and reflections concerning how best to develop
this most desirable ingredient.

b/w photographs. 356 pages.

£ 25.00

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