LYLE, R. C.
The Aga Khan's Horses.
London: Putnam , 1938.
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First Edition of R. C. Lyle's The Aga Khan's Horses; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
First edition of this celebrated chronicle of the racing stable of the Aga Khan III, among the most successful owner-breeders in the history of the Turf. Octavo, original green cloth lettered in gilt. Illustrated by the renowned sporting artist Lionel Edwards with seven captioned, tissue-guarded color plates, twenty-three pencil sketches, and sixteen photographic images. Very good in a very good unclipped dust jacket with toning to the textblock and a small closed tear to the top of the front panel. A much sought-after title, scarce in the original dust jacket.
The Aga Khan's Horses (1938) by Robert Charles Lyle is the first and only book devoted to the breeding, training, and racing activities of His Highness the Aga Khan III, one of the most dominant figures in the history of British and European thoroughbred racing, whose achievements on the turf during the interwar period remain without parallel in the annals of the sport. The Aga Khan headed the list of winning owners in England seven times between 1924 and 1937 and captured the Epsom Derby with Blenheim in 1930, Bahram in 1935, and Mahmoud in 1936, establishing a record of sustained excellence that no owner of the modern era has approached. Bahram, the unbeaten colt depicted on the dust jacket, swept the English Triple Crown in 1935, winning the Two Thousand Guineas, the Derby, and the St. Leger without ever tasting defeat across a career of seventeen races, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest racehorses of the twentieth century.
The Aga Khan's Horses.
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