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whole book, just reading the last paragraph on each of those pages (“My Most Important Ad- vice”), is well worth the purchase. T is book is a great gift for anyone who has aspirations of making it big in the horse world. - Katherine O. Rizzo, Managing Editor
LORD OF MISRULE
by Jaimy Gordon McPherson & Company T e Lord of Misrule is not a
happy beach read. T e narra- tive is often in the dialect of the characters, and the au- thor’s unconventional punc- tuation (there are no quota- tion marks in the dialogue) force the reader to be alert. T is is a book that must be read in long chunks; picking it up and putting it down make it hard to get into its rhythm. T e novel is set in a time when women at the track were often at the mercy of the men around them, and segregation was the law of the land, but Jaimy Gordon’s downtrodden characters fi ght for their own equilibrium, and in the society of the track, only the strong survive, both horse and human. T is is not a novel for people who like happy, upbeat stories. T is is a novel about the dark- ness and depravity of human beings, and in the
end, most get what they deserve. - Tracy McKenna, Ad Manager
MARYLAND EQUINE LAW
by Kathleen J.P. Tabor, Esquire & Jan I. Berlage, Esquire Go Dutch Publishing, LLC With the advent of af-
fordable, web-based “print- on-demand”
digital book
printers, an explosion of self-published books has fl ooded the marketplace in recent years. While we have seen the perils of self-pub- lishing (see T e Barns of Southern Maryland), Maryland Equine Law is an example of the ben- efi ts of aff ordable self-publishing. Maryland- specifi c and equine-specifi c law is, shall we say, a “niche” interest, and while the topic may be of great interest to T e Equiery and our readers, in the grand scheme of book publishing, that’s not much of an audience! But we, obviously, consider Maryland equestrians a very valuable audience, so we are delighted to see the publi- cation of this very useful little handbook. And this book, thankfully, does not scream
“self-published” immediately upon opening it. While the typeface is large and readable, and while the leading and kerning may be default,
the overall typography is still tighter and more professional looking than many other self-pub- lished eff orts. Even the use of photographs is more artfully and professionally handled than in some of the other self-published books re- viewed by T e Equiery, even in books featur- ing photography. While we could nit-pick the lack of classical editorial oversight (which style handbook deems acceptable the uppercasing or capitalization of generic sports names such polo or jousting?), overall the book is very read- able and useful. T e “Land Use” chapter provides a compre-
hensive yet concise overview of one of the big- gest boogiemen in the horse world: liability. T e authors adroitly cover the Maryland Rec- reational Act (which protects landowners who allow others, such as Pony Clubbers, foxhunters, trail riders, event organizers, to use their land, free of charge, for recreational purposes) to li- ability waivers, from attractive nuisance doc- trines to contributory negligence. T e authors answer the perennial question: “Why doesn’t Maryland have a specifi c equine limited liabili- ty law?” (Answer: because we have contributory negligence standards and the Maryland Recre- ational Act…read the book to understand how all this plays out legally!) Sometimes we wish the book would go fur-
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