Astrology Applied to Horse-racing

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Creator

ANONYMOUS

Title

Astrology Applied to Horse-racing

Coverage

Doncaster

Publisher

Town Moor

Date

1928

Subject

Mentioned in George Orwell’s Coming Up for Air

Description

This 1928 booklet, apparently published by a race-course, attempted to prove that the order of finish in a race can be determined by calculating the influence of the planets on the colors of the jockey’s silks, typically understood as:

Aries: Red Leo: Gold Sagittarius: Purple
Taurus: Green Virgo: Brown Capricorn: Gray
Gemini: Yellow Libra: Pink Aquarius: Blue
Cancer: Silver Scorpio: Black Pisces: Lt. Green