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   From: jrsinc@mnsi.net   
      
   1984 "The Plate: A Royal Tradition" Hardcover Commemorative Book   
      
      
   I have for sale the out-of-print, 1st edition hardcover book "The Plate: A   
   Royal Tradition" by Louise E. Cauz (1984). The 1st edition hardcover   
   contains 301 pages of text as well as full-color, and black and white   
   photographs, profiling the 125 Years of the running of the King's and   
   Queen's   
   Plates of Horse-Racing.   
   Front Jacket Excerpt:   
   "TO CELEBRATE THE ANNIVERSARY OF A GREAT TRADITION"   
   "This year marks the 125 anniversary of Canada's most prestious horse   
   racing event and north America's oldest continuously run stakes race-the   
   Queens' Plate.   
   THE PLATE: A ROYAL TRADITION is an original work commissioned by The   
   Ontario Jockey Club especially for the 125th anniversary of the race and   
   written by Louis E. Cauz, veteran sports writer and commentator, author and   
   horse racing authority. Years in the making, the book recounts the story of   
   the great race itself, and the social history that surrounds it. Into the   
   description of each year's event, Cauz has deftly woven a history of the   
   great Canadian racing dynasties-and the people who participated in the   
   growth of the Queen's Plate and staked fortunes to win it."   
   Included in the Edition are chapters: The Pioneering Years, Origins, The   
   Seagram Years, An Epic to the Dancer, Plate Starters and Winners, Plate   
   Winning Jockeys, Plate Winning Trainers, Leading Sires, Evolution of Plate   
   Record Times, Ten Fastest Runnings of the Plate, Plate Attendance and   
   Wagering Handles 1950-84, Plate Presentaions, Jockey Club Executives   
   1881-1984, and much, much more.   
   The The Plate: A Royal Tradition" hardcover Commemorative Book is in   
   excellent condition.   
   Price $35. US plus postage   
      
      
   Please include your "postal mailing address" so I can calculate postage   
   costs to your destination. Thank you   
      
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