280 pages
14 photographs
“Christgau tells this true crime story with skill, providing plenty of intrigue and suspense, and reminding anyone interested in racing why ‘suspicion [is] as much a part of horse racing as hope.’”—Laurie A. Sterling, Aethlon
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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