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Item # 577940
February 13, 1858
PORTER'S SPIRIT OF THE TIMES, New York, Feb. 13, 1858 

* Pre Civil War sport's periodical

Subtitled: "A Chronicle of the Turf, Field Sports, Literature and the Stage." with the masthead featuring a decorative sporting theme (see). Among the articles included are; "A Winter In southern Florida" "Wild Sports In India" "Hunters and Game in South-Western Virginia" "Aquatics" "Naval Intelligence" "The Infamies of the 'Mediums' " "The English Turf" "Charleston Jockey Club Races" and more.