They're off! : horse racing at Saratoga / Edward Hotaling.

Author
Hotaling, Edward [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
[Syracuse, N.Y.] : Syracuse University Press, 1995.
Description
xiv, 368 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

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    • Here, for the first time, is the story of how America's first national resort gave birth to, then nurtured, its first national sport, introducing the country to a parade of champions and their spectacular supporting characters. To experience this adventure is to see why the Saratoga Race Course, America's oldest major sports facility remains one of its most beloved and most successful.
    • They're Off! is as much a social history as it is sports history. Edward Hotaling opens with a little-known visit by the first famous tourist, George Washington, who tried to buy the place he called "the Saratoga Springs." Soon the pursuit of happiness at our original vacationland helped redefine America. Even at the height of the Civil War, the country's first organized sport was launched on a national scale.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-335) and index.
    Contents
    • The First Tourist
    • America's First National Resort
    • A Preview of Modern Sports
    • The Old Gray Mare
    • America's First (Two-Legged) Sports Hero
    • The Birth of American Sports
    • You Are Here
    • The Yankees Celebrate
    • Siring the Belmont and Pimlico
    • Longfellow vs. Harry Bassett
    • The Derby and College Sports
    • Isaac Murphy and the Californians
    • Racing Through the Gay Nineties
    • The Women's Betting Ring
    • Saratoga Revived
    • Sysonby and Colin
    • From Regret to the Triple Crown
    • Man o' War
    • Rothstein and the Roaring Twenties
    • Gallant Fox
    • War Admiral, Seabiscuit, Whirlaway
    • Citation, Native Dancer, Tom Fool
    • The Greatest Travers?
    • Secretariat, Ruffian, Affirmed vs. Alydar
    • John Henry, Go for Wand, Holy Bull
    • Notes
    • Bibliography
    • Index.
    Other title(s)
    They are off
    ISBN
    • 0815603509 ((alk. paper))
    • 9780815603504 ((alk. paper))
    LCCN
    95007703
    OCLC
    32167978
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