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This essay discusses the history of horse racing in Britain during the 1800s. It discusses the opposition of a respectable minority to racing, and how attendance at horse races, betting on horses, and reading about racing became central leisure activities of much of British society.
2001 North American Society for Sports History Book of the Year This volume studies the formative period of racing between 1790 and 1914. This was a time when, despite the opposition of a respectable minority, attendance at horse races, betting on horses, or reading about racing increasingly became central leisure activities of much of British society.
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