Books with author John Hankins Wallace

Excerpt from The Horse of America in His Derivation, History and DevelopmentAntiquity of American racing - First race course at Hempstead Plain, 1665 - Racing in Virginia, 1677 - Conditions of early races-early so-called Arabian importations - The marvelous tradition of Lindsay's Arabian - English race horses first imported about 1750 - The old colonial stock as a basis - First American turf literature - Skinner's American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine, 1829 - Cadwallader R. Colden's Sporting Magazine, Short-lived but valuable - The original Spirit of the Times Porter's Spirit of the Times Wilkes' Spirit of the Times, 1859 - Edgar's Stud book-wallace's Stud Book - Bruce's Stud Book - Their history, methods and value - Summing up results, showing that success has followed breeding to individuals and families that could run and not to individuals and families that could not run, what ever their blood.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ... APPENDIX HISTOEY OP THE WALLACE PUBLICATIONS. BY A FRIEND OF THE AUTHOR. Mr. Wallace's early life and education--Removal to Iowa, 1845--Secretary Iowa State Board of Agriculture---Begins work, 1856, on "Wallace's American Stud Book," published 1867--Method of gathering pedigrees-- Trotting Supplement--Abandons Stud Book, 1870, and devotes exclusive attention to trotting literature--"American Trotting Register," Vol. I., published in 1871--Vol. II. follows in 1874--The valuable essay on breeding the forerunner of present ideas--Standard adopted 1879--Its history-- . Battles for control of the "Register"-- Wallace's MontMy founded 1875-- Its character, purposes, history, writers, and artists--" Wallace's Year Book" founded 1885--Great popularity and value--Transfer of the Wallace publications, and their degeneration. The history of the series of works known as the Wallace publications, even in the brief form here contemplated, involves in a large degree the biography of Mr. Wallace. It is indeed more than the sketch of a long and indefatigably industrious life-work. It involves as well, in the forty years of creative labor, the development of a great productive industry, and of a distinct branch of literature. Mr. Wallace's labors in the field of gathering and systematizing American horse history began at a day when there was no breed of trotters, or no trotting literature. When he laid aside active work there were both, well established and clearly defined factors in the nation's progress, and in all the years from the commencement he was the central figure in the work of establishing a breed of trotters, and incomparably the clearest and strongest force in the direction and upbuilding of a trotting literature. That is the simple truth of...

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Sweet little Timothy is the sweetest boy in the world, except when he turns into…MONSTER TODDLER! That's when this darling boy's rambunctious alter ego takes over, landing him in a heap of mess. How will he get out? It's WONDER CHARLOTTE to the rescue! John Wallace uses simple text and vibrant watercolors to capture the playful high-energy mess-making capabilitities of toddlers everywhere.

It is Little One's bedtime, and she has a question for her daddy: Can you guess who my favorite person in the whole wide world is? As she gets ready for bed, Daddy tries to figure it out. Who is kind and gentle? Who can reach the top shelf where the cookies are hidden? Who could possibly be so special? This playful game lovingly portrays how one small girl tells her father she loves him. John Wallace's winsome illustrations and simple message will capture every heart.