Old 1753 Issue of ''The World'' on Newmarket Horse Racing, ''The World'', Number XVII for Thursday 26 April 1753, by Adam Fitz-Adam, London, England,

Old 1753 Issue of ''The World'' on Newmarket Horse Racing, ''The World'', Number XVII for Thursday 26 April 1753, by Adam Fitz-Adam, London, England, publisher R Dodsley, a periodical, six pages, 9 by 31.5cm, the author reports and philosophises concerning the semi-annual horse races held at Newmarket - ''those grand diversions with which our nobility, gentry and others entertain themselves''. Excerpts ? ''Everybody is dressed so perfectly alike that it is extremely difficult to distinguish between his GRACE and his GROOM; I have heard a stranger ask a man of quality how often he dressed and watered his horses.'' ? '''Tis delightful to see two or sometimes more of the most beautiful animals of the creation struggling for superiority, stretching every muscle and sinew to obtain the prize and reach the goal!'' ?'' When the sport is over, the company saunter away towards the Warren-Hill ? On this delightful spot you may see, at once, above an hundred of the most beautiful horses in the universe all led out in strings, with the grooms and boys upon them, in their several liveries distinguishing each person of rank they belong to. This is indeed a noble sight; it is a piece of grandeur, and an expensive one too, WHICH NO NATION CAN BOAST OF BUT OUR OWN.'' ?''The pedigree of these horses is more strictly regarded and looked into than that of a Knight of Malta.'' ?''Many substantial farmers go to them with thirty or forty pounds in their pockets, and return without one single farthing; here they drink, learn to be vicious, and the whole time is spent in riot and disorder.'' This periodical has been disbound, the paper has excellent rag content but the pages are just about split in half along the old horizontal fold line. This separation has been repaired with archival document tape, but is otherwise in quite good condition.