Rare Saddlebred Who's Who in Horsedom Vol 2, J.H. Ransom 1949 73 YRS OLD

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“IT JUST DOESN’T “GET” ANY BETTER THAN THIS!!!
UP FOR AUCTION:
WHO’S WHO AND WHERE IN HORSEDOM - Volume 2 - 1949
VINTAGE ISSUE – 1949 (1
st
Edition)
Metaphorically speaking, the Who’s Who books when it comes to the American Saddlebred are the Nihil Obstat…..
For being
“73”
years old this one is in
MINT  CONDITION,
No marks or tears, binding is tight.  This one looks like it’s never even been opened……or has been kept under glass all this time.  Owner NAME: LIB SHARP PENCILED IN FRONT COVER
This is a
VINTAGE
“MUST HAVE”
for any Saddlebred enthusiast.
303 Pages
Don’t miss out on this grand opportunity to own a Rare Historical Document…….
If you love the historical stuff like I do
….)
Obituary: Susanne “The passing of Emily Ellen Scharf was the greatest blow that the saddle horse fraternity has had in its history.  Miss Scharf was the uncrowned queen of  the  historians of the breed and her three volumes of Famous Saddle Horses are the only authentic history of its development.
And a beautiful picture of a very young Betty Jean Goshorn who would become the owner of the Legendary Callaway Hills Stables in Missouri
The Great Breeding Farms:
Calumet Farm, there is the full story of Calumet from its beginning in 1916.
This is History
.  All the life stories of all the famous trainers and horses.  Sections for: Saddlebreds, Thoroughbreds, Walking Horses, Hackneys and Standardbreds.
And the HORSES
:  Every great one you’ve
“ever”
heard of is profiled in this magnificent book with outstanding vintage photographs.  I wish I could type all of them but it would take days to do so.  Here’s just a few:
I hope it’s appreciated that I take the time to list the horses in alphabetical order with the riders’ names in
red italic
……
Saddlebreds Pictured
: Ace O’Goshen, America Beautiful, American Masterpiece, Anacacho Shamrock, Beau Gallant, Call Me Bus Boy, Desirable &
Claude Alexander
, Dynasty, Easter Star &
Del Holeman
, Edith Fable &
Owen Hailey
, Gallant Knight, Genius Bourbon King, Grassview Sensation, Grey Ann, Highway Patrol, Jaunty King, Kalarama Colonel, Kalarama King &
Chester Caldwell
, Kalarama Playboy, Kate Shriver, King of Rose-A-Lee, Leatherwood King, Mass of Gold &
Del Holeman
, Menard Rex, Nancy Highland’s Chief, Noble Kalarama, Ozark Stonewall &
Art Ledbetter
, Ridgefield’s Genius &
Garland Bradshaw
, Royal Irish, Show Boat &
Earl Teater
,  Society Rex, Smoke Dreams &
Josephine Abercrombie
, Sparkling Waters, Spelling Bee, Sweet Lavender &
Harry Lathrop
, The Genius, The Supreme Ace, Veiled Prophet, Violet Heming &
Del Holeman
, Welco’s Fantasy, Wing Commander &
Earl Teater
,
Thoroughbreds  Pictured
: Assault, Citation &
Eddie Arcaro
, Greyhound, Jet Pilot, Stymie, Yankee Doodle &
August Busch Jr.
,
Hackneys Pictured
: Cadet Commander &
Doc Flannery
, King’s Commando, Spartan King,
Tennessee Walking Horses Pictured
: Merry Go Boy, Midnight Sun, Pope’s Black Ace, Wilson Merry Boy,
If more than one item is purchased I “will” do combined shipping.
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“
VIEW SELLERS OTHER ITEMS
”
BECAUSE I have
lots of fabulous old books:
Saddle& Bridle magazines from 1930’s  and great old vintage books:
VINTAGE
:
Portraitures of Horses by legendary,
George Ford Morris
VINTAGE
:
A.S.H.A. MAGAZINES the old ones
VINTAGE
:
Famous Saddle Horses Vol 1, 2  and 3  by
Susanne
VINTAGE:
(5 volumes of: Who's Who in Horsedom)
Vol 1, VOL 2, VOL 6, VOL 7, AND Vol 15 1970,
VINTAGE
:
Training & Gaiting Vol II by Susanne 1943
VINTAGE
:
The Longview We Remember
VINTAGE
:
(4) Official Horse Show Blue Books –  1913, 1916, 1917 and 193
There is no reserve and if you win it,
“YOU WON’T BE SORRY”
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