By Janice Gunther Martin The Veterinary Medicine Historical Collection at Michigan State University contains bountiful resources for anyone interested in the history of equine medicine, along with… Read more “#SourceSaturday: Veterinary Medicine Historical Collection, Michigan State University”
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#SourceSaturday: Recent English-Language Equine Veterinary Histories
By Janice Gunther Martin During the month of April, the Equine History Collective will be featuring posts related to the history of veterinary medicine. If you are… Read more “#SourceSaturday: Recent English-Language Equine Veterinary Histories”
#ShelfieSunday: The Warhorse in the Modern Era: The Boer War to the Beginning of the Second Millennium
Review by Jane Flynn Read her blog here. Hyland A., The Warhorse in the Modern Era: The Boer War to the Beginning of the Second Millennium, Black Tent… Read more “#ShelfieSunday: The Warhorse in the Modern Era: The Boer War to the Beginning of the Second Millennium”
#ShelfieSunday: Here Comes Exterminator!
Review by Eric Banks In Here Comes Exterminator!, writer Eliza McGraw revisits the life of the 1918 Kentucky Derby–winning gelding Exterminator, one of the most… Read more “#ShelfieSunday: Here Comes Exterminator!”
#SheflieSunday: Riding for Caesar
Riding for Caesar: The Roman Emperors’ Horse Guards Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1994 ISBN 978-0-674-76898-7 Michael P. Speidel Review by Miriam Bibby Last summer (2017),… Read more “#SheflieSunday: Riding for Caesar”
#ShelfieSunday: Mr. Darley’s Arabian
Review by Katherine Mooney Christopher McGrath begins Mr. Darley’s Arabian in the starting gate at Newmarket and follows Frankel to victory in the… Read more “#ShelfieSunday: Mr. Darley’s Arabian”
#ShelfieSunday: Race Horse Men
Katherine C. Mooney Race Horse Men: How Slavery and Freedom Were Made at the Racetrack Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2014 Hardcover: $35.00 ISBN 9780674281424 Subject matter:… Read more “#ShelfieSunday: Race Horse Men”
#SourceSaturday: The General Stud Book
It’s racing month here at EHC, so we’re kicking off our first #SourceSaturday with the General Stud Book, originally (and still) produced by the Weatherbys.… Read more “#SourceSaturday: The General Stud Book”
#ShelfieSunday: The Perfect Horse: The Daring US Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped By the Nazis
by Jeannette Vaught Review of Elizabeth Letts, The Perfect Horse: The Daring US Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped By the Nazis, New York, Ballantine Books,… Read more “#ShelfieSunday: The Perfect Horse: The Daring US Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped By the Nazis”
#ShelfieSunday: War Horse: Mounting the Cavalry with America’s Finest Horses
War Horse started as a project by two horsemen to uncover the relationship between pedigree and confirmation, especially pertaining to soundness and athleticism. It became an… Read more “#ShelfieSunday: War Horse: Mounting the Cavalry with America’s Finest Horses”