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Horseplayers : life at the track / Ted McClelland.

Summary:

This fun and witty exposé 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.

Record details

ISBN: 1556526237
ISBN: 9781556526237
Physical Description: 1 online resource (vii, 263 pages)
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, ©2005.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Front Cover; Table of Contents; 1 The Blind Man and the Hustler 15; 2 If Wishes Were Horses 27; 3 Professor Speed 49; 4 First Your Money, Then Your Clothes 63; 5 170 Large 87; 6 Derby Day 95; 7 Travels with McChump 107; 8 The Rebel Enclave 131; 9 The Stat Man 147; 10 The Late Great Eight 155; 11 Omar and Lucky 169; 12 Men Betting Badly 177; 14 E u r e k a? 191; 15 "'Seabiscuit' Jockey Nearly Tr a m p l e d " 203; 16 The Gold Club 211; 17 The Tw e n ty-Five-Dollar Horse 217; 18 True Adventures in Gambling 223; 19 Bob the Brain's Big Score 239; 20 The One-Eyed Man Is King 249. A Racetrack Glossary 257.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.