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Item # 571441

August 12, 1865

NEW YORK TIMES,  New York,  August 12, 1865  The front page of this issue features an article concerning horse racing under the heading "Sports of the Turf".  Additional headlines include:

"The Grand Two-Mile Race for Three-Year Olds", "Revenue Colt of Baltimore and Winner of the Purse", "The Second Race of Mile Heats", "The Lexington Horse Lexicon is the Victor".

Additional articles on page 5 include:  "Baseball" and "Cricket".  The following sub-heads can be found:  "The Grand Match at Brooklyn Next Week", "Gotham vs. Hudson River", "Troy vs. Manhattan", and more.

Page 2 includes a report "The Salvador Pirates".

This issue is complete in 8 pages with a very lite damp-staining along the right margin, otherwise is in good condition.

Category: Post-Civil War