The Gambler and the Bug Boy
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978-0-8032-7170-8 (ISBN)
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“Scandal on the Turf!” the Los Angeles Times proclaimed. It was October 1940, a mere few months after Seabiscuit had won the Santa Anita Derby, and now this bombshell: “Six Jockeys Admit Horse Races Fixed.” The Gambler and the Bug Boy recounts this dark chapter in horse racing history. At its center is Bernard “Big” Mooney, a flashy L.A. bookmaker who began his seedy career by threatening young jockeys with death if they didn’t “pull” their horses. His unwilling partner is Albert Siler, a callow, eighteen-year-old apprentice rider (a so-called bug boy) from eastern Oregon. John Christgau tells how Big Mooney manipulated this promising rider and how Siler tried to escape the gambler’s criminal grip without ruining his career. Christgau's book gives all the harrowing details of the unraveling plot and the botched court case that followed which riveted the attention of the nation. Told in full for the first time, this story brings to light a little-known but important horse racing scandal.
John Christgau (1934–2018) is the author of several works, including The Origins of the Jumpshot: Eight Men Who Shook the World of Basketball, and Tricksters in the Madhouse: Lakers vs. Globetrotters, 1948, both available in Bison Books editions.
Chapter 1 – The Gambler
Chapter 2 – The Bug Boy
Chapter 3 – The Goose Girl
Chapter 4 – Synod
Chapter 5 – Whichcee
Chapter 6 – Sporting Women
Chapter 7 – The Biltmore Hotel
Chapter 8 – Buron
Chapter 9 – Kandahar
Chapter 10 – Pinkus and Omelet
Chapter 11 – English Harry
Chapter 12 – Testa
Chapter 13 – Gate Breakin’ Adair
Chapter 14 – Ned and Scotty
Chapter 15 – Get Giesler
Chapter 16 – The Big Shots
Chapter 17 – The Dictograph Machine
Chapter 18 – The Fateful Day
Chapter 19 – The Percentage
Chapter 20 – July 4, 1946
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| Zusatzinfo | 14 photographs |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Nebraska |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Spielen / Raten | |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Reiten / Pferde | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8032-7170-0 / 0803271700 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8032-7170-8 / 9780803271708 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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