Illustration for "A Quarter Race in Kentucky"

This illustration by F.O.C. Darley accompanied "A Quarter Race in Kentucky," a southwestern humor story by Florence, Lauderdale County native Thomas Kirkman, who published the piece anonymously. It appeared in an 1847 collection by the same name.

Illustration of a quarter horse race in Kentucky
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Illustration of a quarter horse race in Kentucky