Silvertail And the Golden Age of the American Road Horse

Publication

Chester Historical Society

Silvertail And the Golden Age of the American Road Horse

The image is a vintage journal clipping from "THE HORSE REVIEW," dated Wednesday, December 14, 1927. It features an article titled "SILVERTAIL and the Golden Age of the American Road Horse" by Theodore Jessup. The text is divided into columns, with a photograph of Jonas Seeley, labeled "The Breeder of Hambletonian 10," located mid-page. The article details the history and significance of Silvertail, focusing on Jonas Seely, Jr.

Name/Title

Silvertail And the Golden Age of the American Road Horse

Entry/Object ID

chs-020025

Description

This story is really a collection of more or less disconnected memoranda relating to Orange County, New York inhabited by high-class people who have for over one hundred years been rearing, training and racing the best driving horses in the world. The story is divided into four chapters and each chapter includes notes which will endeavor to show how Orange County Horses were a stimulus to literature and an inciting cause to membership in the Chicago Literary Club, before which it first was read. Chapter I - THE RIDE OF JONAS SEELEY Chapter II - ORANGE COUNTY'S FAMOUS HORSE Chapter III - THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE ROAD HORSE Chapter IV - THE DECLINE

Publication Details

Author

Theodore Jessup

Date Published

Dec 14, 1927

Dimensions

Height

38.2 cm

Width

26.6 cm

Dimension Notes

4 pages

Create Date

March 18, 2025

Update Date

July 11, 2026