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I TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I. Review of 1953 Races PART II. Best Horses of the Year Annual Daily Racing Form Poll TRA Poll PART III.-Racing Statistics of 1953 Annual Distribution. Number of Races Purse Distribution, States Purse Distribution, Tracks Dates and Details of Meetings Distribution, Daily Average Campbells 1954 Experimental Americas Handicap-Weights Oldest Stoke Events PART IV. Winners of Stakes and Feature Races, 1953 Leading Money-Winning Horses, Annually Leading Money-Winning Horses, 1953 Horses Winning 0,000 or More in 1953 Leading Two-Year-Old Winners, Annually Leading Twa-Year-OId Fillies, Annually Leaders of Age Divisions, Leading Annually Steeplechase Winners, Annually PART y. I Complete Records of Horses, Records of Divisional Leaders, Number of Starters, Annually PART VI. Leading Money-Winning Owners, Annually Leading Money-Winning Owners, 1953 Owners, Winning ,000 or More in 1953 Records of Trainers Leading Trainers, Annually Leading Winners Trainers of 1953, Leading Money Trainers of 1953, Trainers Saddling 10 or More Winners in 1953 Records of Leading Riders Leading Riders, Annually Leading Stakes-Winning Riders, Annually Leading Riders of 1953, Money Leading Winners Riders of 1953, Leading Stakes-Winning Riders, 1953 Riders Who Rode 10 or More Winners in 1953 Ten Leading Jockeys Lifetime Records Leading Annually Steeplechase Riders, Steeplechase Riders of 1953 Apprentices Winner Riding First PART VII. Yearling Sales. Total and Averages Bargain Yearlings Unsuccessful Yearlings Record Prices for Yearlings Leading American Breeders Leading Breeders, Winners, Annually Leading Breeders, Money, Annually Leading Breeders of 1953. Races Won Leading Breeders of 1953, Money PART VIII. Americas Leading Sires. Annually Leading American Sires, 1953 Complete Records of Sires Best Times, 1953, All Distances Leading Sires of Juveniles Sires of Juvenile Winners Leading Broodmare Sires Trend of Racing in 1953 Revenue to States by. Years Racing Days, Attendance, by States Pari-Mutuel Turnover, Revenue to States PART IX. Longest-Priced Winners, Annually Longest-Priced Winners, 1953 Shortest-Priced Winners, Annually Shortest-Priced " Winners, 1 953 Longest-Priced Daily Double Annually Longest-Priced Daily Double, Tracks Longest-Priced Daily Doubles, 1953 Record Pari-Mutuel Odds PART X. Obituary of Turf, 1953 Thoroughbred Deaths PART XI. Summary of 1953 Turf News PART XII. Origin of the Thoroughbred Outline of Racing in A"?r5ca Rules of Racing Scale of Weights National Racing- Organizations Racing Commissions Racing Organizations and Officials Officials at Race Tracks PART XIII. Locations of North American Tracks Track Diagrams, Records, Best Times Feet Per Second, Time, Distance Citations Mile Record Fastest Records in Racing World Records American Time Records Canadian Time Records Fractional Times of American Records Fastest Races at One Mile Comparative Mile Speed, Tracks PART XIV. North American Stake Races, Annually North American Stakes and Feature Races, 1953 Explanation of Bruce Lowe System , .fistory of Important Events Discontinued Stakes Events Match Races of American Turf Transportation of Horses by Air Record of Walk-Overs Origin of Individual Racing Silks PART XV. Leading Money-Winning Horses Leading Money-Winning Horses of the World Leading Money-Winning Horses, American Thoroughbred Foal Registrations Types of Racing Plates Highest-Priced Race Horses, American Records of Outstanding Horses Triple Crown Winners, American, English PART XVI. Explanation of Pari-Mutuel Betting Betting Percentage Table Pari-Mutuel Take and Breakage Conformation of Horse Weight of Horse and Its Distribution Feeding the Thoroughbred Ailments of Thoroughbreds Color and Marking of Horse Running Gait of Horse, Plate Running Gait Explained Naming a Thoroughbred Jockeys, Ages, Birthplaces Remarkable Riding Feats Races Ranked in Order of Importance The Jersey Act PART XVII. Thoroughbred Breeding Farms Owners of Breeding Farms Breeders of Winners of 00,000 or More Distances of Race Tracks from Nearest Large Cities Imported English Derby Winners Sires of Winners of 00,000 or More PART XVIII. Steeplechase and Hunt Statistics PART XIX. Foreign Track Diagrams, Records and Stakes Highest-Priced Foreign Thoroughbreds Modern Handicapping Pointers Handicap Tables and instructions