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Ledger is comprised of four ms. sections which document the horse races, jockeys and race horse owners at Newmarket during the jockey William Clift's career, which ran from ca. 1778 to 1826. The first section is titled "Summary of races at Newmarket from 1701 to 1778"; second section: "Clift's owners from 1779 to 1803"; third section: "Jockeys 1804 to 1830". The fourth section is 5 ms. pages which briefly describe Wiliam Clift's racing career until 1803, followed by 4 pages listing the number of mounts ridden by Clift for F. Poole, Christopher Wilson, the Duke of Grafton, and Earl Fitzwilliam and Lord Milton, covering the years 1788 to 1826.
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Collection is comprised of 6 volumes of published English racing periodicals which chronologically track the racing career of William Clift. Each volume covers 3 years: 1803 to 1806, 1807 to 1810, 1811 to 1814, 1815 to 1818, 1819 to 1822, and 1823 to 1826, respectively. The first 5 volumes contain excerpts from William Pick's Annual racing calendar, and the last volume contains excerpts from J. Hodgson's The pocket racing calendar and Weatherby's The racing calendar.
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