Horseplayers
eBook - ePub

Horseplayers

Life at the Track

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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Horseplayers

Life at the Track

About this book

This fun and witty exposƩ of horse racing in America goes behind the scenes at the track, providing a serious gambler's-eye-view of the action. Ted McClelland spent a year at tracks and off-track betting facilities in Chicago and across the country, profiling the people who make a career of gambling on horses. This account follows his personal journey of what it means to be a player as he gambles with his book advance using various betting and handicapping strategies along the way. A colorful cast of characters is introduced, including the intensely disciplined Scott McMannis "The Professor", a onetime college instructor who now teaches a course in handicapping, and Mary Schoenfeldt, a former nun and gifted handicapper who donates all of her winnings to charity. This moving account of wins, losses, and personal turmoil provides a sobering look at gamblers, gambling, and life at the track.

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Information

Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Year
2005
eBook ISBN
9781569762295
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. How Gambling Saved My Life
  8. 1 The Blind Man and the Hustler
  9. 2 If Wishes Were Horses
  10. 3 Professor Speed
  11. 4 First Your Money, Then Your Clothes
  12. 5 170 Large
  13. 6 Derby Day
  14. 7 Travels with McChump
  15. 8 The Rebel Enclave
  16. 9 The Stat Man
  17. 10 The Late Great Eight
  18. 11 Omar and Lucky
  19. 12 Men Betting Badly
  20. 14 Eureka?
  21. 15 ā€œā€˜Seabiscuitā€™ Jockey Nearly Trampledā€
  22. 16 The Gold Club
  23. 17 The Twenty-Five-Dollar Horse
  24. 18 True Adventures in Gambling
  25. 19 Bob the Brainā€™s Big Score
  26. 20 The One-Eyed Man Is King
  27. A Racetrack Glossary