Buy this book on-line BARNES**, JULIA: : GEORGE CURTIS: TRAINING GREYHOUNDSUK.LETCHWORTH.RINGPRESS BOOKS,1987. ISBN 0948955104.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/VG+.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Subject colour portrait photographic upper wrap and scenic (dog-race) b/w photographic rear wrap; with minimal shelf-wear and creasing to dw/dj edges and two small closed nicks/tears,one each, to front head+foot of spine/backstrip.Top+fore- edges lightly aged - as usual/normal - but
clean; contents bright,tight and clean,though book is lightly cocked.Clean,plain maroon paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-220pp includes title page,a contents list/table,a foreword+introduction,19 chapters,profuse contemporary b/w photographs throughout the book.
George Curtis started life in poverty as one of a family of nine children.His greatest ambition was to start earning money so he could get enough to eat.He was taken on as a kennel lad at Portsmouth when he was 14 years old and from there he worked his way to the top of his profession.His unique record includes being champion greyhound trainer three times,fielding 10 greyhound classic's winners and guiding the great Ballyregan Bob to a world record of 32 consecutive wins.At the end of 1986 he stepped down as a full time trainer and now (then 1987) works as head man to Bill Masters at the Brighton kennels.Besides providing a fascinating insight into the unparalleled success of a man who rose from the slums of pre-war Portsmouth to the pinnacle of his profession,it also chronicles his training methods,practical advice and forthright views on every aspect of the sport he has graced with a flawless reputation for more than 40 years.The most significant book published for greyhound racing enthusiasts for several decades. Every owner,breeder,trainer and genuine greyhound racing fan should read it.
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