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E-grāmata: First Kentucky Derby: Thirteen Black Jockeys, One Shady Owner, and the Little Red Horse That Wasn't Supposed to Win

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  • Izdošanas datums: 01-May-2023
  • Izdevniecība: Eclipse Press
  • Valoda: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9781493075546
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"In The First Kentucky Derby, racing historian Mark Shrager examines the events leading up to the first "Run for the Roses," the unsuccessful plot hatched by the winning horse's owner to fix the race, and the prominent role played by African-Americans inGilded Age racing culture-a holdover from pre-emancipation days, when slaves would be trained from birth to ride for their wealthy owners, and would grow up surrounded by the horses that would be their life's work"--

In The First Kentucky Derby, racing historian Mark Shrager examines the events leading up to the first “Run for the Roses,” the unsuccessful plot hatched by the winning horse’s owner to fix the race, and the prominent role played by African Americans in Gilded Age racing culture—a holdover from pre-emancipation days, when slaves were trained from birth to ride for their wealthy owners and grew up surrounded by the horses that would be their life’s work.

Prologue: A Word To The Reader ix
Preface: 1875 Was A Long Time Ago xix
Introduction: The Derby Or The Bunbury? xxv
Chapter 1 A Blessed Event In The Bluegrass
1(12)
Chapter 2 Colonel Clark And The Birth Of The Derby
13(10)
Chapter 3 Three Black Jockeys, Seven Kentucky Derby Wins
23(22)
Chapter 4 Inauspicious But Promising
45(10)
Chapter 5 A Winner At Last
55(4)
Chapter 6 The Rise And Fall Of The Black Jockey In America
59(20)
Chapter 7 Williamson And Lewis
79(12)
Chapter 8 Aristides Versus Ten Broecki
91(8)
Chapter 9 The Path To Derby Day
99(10)
Chapter 10 "Go On With Him, Oliver!"
109(16)
Chapter 11 Did Mcgrath Really Lose? A Possible Alternative
125(6)
Chapter 12 A Pawn In Mcgrath's Game? Part 1
131(8)
Chapter 13 The Battle Of The United States Hotel
139(6)
Chapter 14 A Pawn In Mcgrath's Game? Part 2
145(10)
Chapter 15 "Keeping The Books"
155(10)
Chapter 16 A Lost Season
165(12)
Chapter 17 Catastrophe
177(8)
Chapter 18 A Plaque In The Hall Of Fame? The Case For Aristides
185(8)
Chapter 19 Epilogue
193(22)
Afterword: It Could Have Been Different 215(2)
Acknowledgments 217(4)
Chapter Notes 221(10)
Bibliography 231(8)
Index 239