Nelson C. Nye is unquestionably the most widely read and most quoted author of literature about the Quarter Horse. For several years and editions, he has been WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA'S authority on horses. A former editor of the Texas Livestock Journal, his 600 articles about the breed have appeared in that periodical as well as Quarter Horse Journal, The Quarter Horse, The Cattleman, Western Horseman, Western Livestock Journal, Quarter Racing Record, NQHBA Stud Book, New Mexico Magazine, Thoroughbred Record, and many others. In addition, Mr. Nye writes the oldest column on straightaway racing in the United States, UNDER THE WIRE, for the pages of Quarter Horse of the Pacific Coast, and GREAT MOMENTS IN QUARTER RACING HISTORY, which appears each month in Quarter Racing World. Among Mr Nye's specialized works, SPEED AND THE QUARTER HORSE is preceded by OUTSTANDING MODERN QUARTER HORSE SIRES (Morrow, 1948); CHAMPIONS OF THE QUARTER TRACKS (Coward-McCann, 1950); and the best-seller, also a book club selection, THE COMPLETE BOOK OF THE QUARTER HORSE (A. S. Barnes, 1964). He is also an outstanding western writer, author of some ninety-five novels, a charter member and twice president of Western Writers of America.
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