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They're off! : horse racing at Saratoga / Edward Hotaling.
Author
Hotaling, Edward
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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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Firestone Library - Stacks
SF335.U6 N692 1995
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Horse racing
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New York (State)
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Saratoga Springs
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History
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Horse racing
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United States
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History
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African Americans in horse racing
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History
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Saratoga Springs (N.Y.)
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Saratoga Racecourse (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.)
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Summary note
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.
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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
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They are off
ISBN
0815603509 ((alk. paper))
9780815603504 ((alk. paper))
LCCN
95007703
OCLC
32167978
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