The Courser's Manual Or Stud-Book

By Thomas Goodlake

The first systematic record of greyhound pedigrees in English - the document from which all later stud books descend.

Thomas Goodlake published The Courser's Manual Or Stud-Book in 1828, completing it, as he explains in his preface, from the unarranged materials left by the late Mr Barnard of the Malton Coursing Club. It gathers the pedigrees and performances of the coursing greyhounds of the day, together with the histories of the coursing clubs, their meetings and their winners, and the eminent stallions and brood bitches behind them.

It predates the National Coursing Club by thirty years and the official Greyhound Stud Book by more than fifty. Sir Walter Scott, no small courser himself, wrote to Goodlake about the sport - which tells you the company this book kept.

This edition features:

The 1828 original - the first systematic record of greyhound pedigreesCoursing club histories, meetings and winners, with eminent stallions and brood bitchesCompiled from the materials of the Malton Coursing ClubThe foundation document of greyhound pedigree recording

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445505274
• ISBN13: 9781445505275
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Vintage Dog Books
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"