[PDF.28yy] The Gambler and the Bug Boy: 1939 Los Angeles and the Untold Story of a Horse Racing Fix

The Gambler and the Bug Boy: 1939 Los Angeles and the Untold Story of a Horse Racing Fix

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 | #3077609 in Books |  University of Nebraska Press |  2007-10-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.50 x5.50 x.75l,.87 | File type: PDF | 254 pages

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||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Six Men Out|By Best Of All|In what could be described as devastating a blow to the Thoroughbred industry as the Black Sox was to pro baseball, six jockeys admitted that races were being fixed in a West Coast scandal nearly 70 years ago which became a national sensation.

And as with the Black Sox, the turf scheme features a flamboyant wise guy, naive athletes and a fu|From Publishers Weekly|Christgau unveils the dark underbelly of late 1930s horse racing in this melancholy, occasionally meandering history. Early on we meet Albert Siler, aka "Prince Albert," an 18-year-old with stars in his eyes and a stunning horse racing deb