Bibliothèque mondiale du cheval

« In offering a few remarks to the sporting public upon the Turf and the Racehorse, I deem it at least necessary to render them in as simple a manner as possible, inasmuch as they are offered to the community at large. Taking for granted that all the followers of turf pursuits, or lovers of horseflesh, are not Walkers, Johnsons, or Sheridans, it becomes necessary to write in language which can be plainly understood, instead of indulging in that high-flowing, flowery style, which tends more to test the faculties and bewalder the reader than to enlighten him on the subject; and substituting what may be termed a superfluity of very fine English for instruction, thereby disguising the absence of practical knowledge : in fine, endeavouring to "spin out a long yarn" on a subject, with the merits of which they are but slightly acquainted.[…] » Présentation de l’éditeur (1866)