Avenue to waste hours and days

[steward]

http://kdl.kyvl.org/static/drf/

[Lucy]

Oooooooo. And it's searchable....

:::dances:::

[steward]

We won't be hearing from Lucy for about two months. The database is going to mushroom.

[Lucy]

Not at all. Indeed, since it's going to cut down on the time I spend scrounging through a dozen different books, I may be around more often!

[Toccet02]

WOW. Look at the weights assigned in 1897! Amazing find.

[steward]

http://news.uky.edu/news/display_article.php?artid=2240

[steward]

I stumbled across an internet version of the 1908 Goodwins. Just google "Goodwins turf guide", and the 3rd or 4th hit gives you the entire volume.

Enjoy.

[steward]

The Goodwin's is for Jan-May 1908. It seems to be legal to download, using the red pdf button on the upper right. It worked.

I found a 1912 Morning Telegraph chart book similarly downloadable using google books.

http://books.google.com/advanced_book_search

Use the "full view" button and away you go.

[steward]

Try "Horses in Training for 1908."

[steward]

google books "American Stud Book" yields a couple of interesting hits.

[steward]

A lot of old racing reference books from the 1800s:

http://books.google.com/books?lr=&as_br ... arch+Books

[Barbaro06]

Toccet...the weights in 1897? How much did the jockeys weigh then? Good grief!!!!

[steward]

I'm doing some research for an old race track around 1911-12. Many of the jockeys were just boys. One - 15 years old and 80 pounds - was suspended by the stewards because he couldn't physically handle the horses he was riding.

[nferro9925]

This is great!!!

And a whole summer looms ahead!

[steward]

Don't forget the old reliable newspaper search. The New York Times is all free before 1923:

http://news.google.com/archivesearch/advanced_search