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Author: Kimberly A. Rinker Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions ISBN: 9781531639372 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 130
Book Description
The popularity of horse racing in Chicago has yet to be rivaled in any other metropolitan area. Since the 1800s, the Windy City's enthusiasm for both harness and Thoroughbred racing led to 10 major racetracks being built in the Chicago area. Four of those raceways--Balmoral, Maywood, Hawthorne, and Arlington--are still racing and thriving today. From Washington Park, Lincoln Fields, and Worth Raceway on the city's South Side, to the Near West Side venues of Hawthorne Race Course and Sportsman's Park, to Arlington Park's northwest locale and Aurora Downs to the west, Chicago's racing community has enjoyed a long and sometimes scandalous history. Chicago's Horse Racing Venues provides insight into Chicago's rich racing history and a behind-the-scenes look at the people and horses involved.
Author: Kimberly A. Rinker Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions ISBN: 9781531639372 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 130
Book Description
The popularity of horse racing in Chicago has yet to be rivaled in any other metropolitan area. Since the 1800s, the Windy City's enthusiasm for both harness and Thoroughbred racing led to 10 major racetracks being built in the Chicago area. Four of those raceways--Balmoral, Maywood, Hawthorne, and Arlington--are still racing and thriving today. From Washington Park, Lincoln Fields, and Worth Raceway on the city's South Side, to the Near West Side venues of Hawthorne Race Course and Sportsman's Park, to Arlington Park's northwest locale and Aurora Downs to the west, Chicago's racing community has enjoyed a long and sometimes scandalous history. Chicago's Horse Racing Venues provides insight into Chicago's rich racing history and a behind-the-scenes look at the people and horses involved.
Author: Kimberly A. Rinker Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 9780738560809 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 132
Book Description
The popularity of horse racing in Chicago has yet to be rivaled in any other metropolitan area. Since the 1800s, the Windy City's enthusiasm for both harness and Thoroughbred racing led to 10 major racetracks being built in the Chicago area. Four of those raceways--Balmoral, Maywood, Hawthorne, and Arlington--are still racing and thriving today. From Washington Park, Lincoln Fields, and Worth Raceway on the city's South Side, to the Near West Side venues of Hawthorne Race Course and Sportsman's Park, to Arlington Park's northwest locale and Aurora Downs to the west, Chicago's racing community has enjoyed a long and sometimes scandalous history. Chicago's Horse Racing Venues provides insight into Chicago's rich racing history and a behind-the-scenes look at the people and horses involved.
Author: Steven A. Riess Publisher: Syracuse University Press ISBN: 0815655282 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 438
Book Description
Chicago may seem a surprising choice for studying thoroughbred racing, especially since it was originally a famous harness racing town and did not get heavily into thoroughbred racing until the 1880s. However, Chicago in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was second only to New York as a center of both thoroughbred racing and off-track gambling. Horse Racing the Chicago Way shines a light on this fascinating, complicated history, exploring the role of political influence and class in the rise and fall of thoroughbred racing; the business of racing; the cultural and social significance of racing; and the impact widespread opposition to gambling in Illinois had on the sport. Riess also draws attention to the nexus that existed between horse racing, politics, and syndicate crime, as well as the emergence of neighborhood bookmaking, and the role of the national racing wire in Chicago. Taking readers from the grandstands of Chicago’s finest tracks to the underworld of crime syndicates and downtown poolrooms, Riess brings to life this understudied era of sports history.
Author: Kimberly A. Rinker Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 143966451X Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 128
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Born of one man's dream and built on 1,001 acres northwest of metropolitan Chicago, Arlington Park had its inaugural run in 1927 and celebrated its 90th season in 2017. Innovative and forward-thinking, Arlington set the standard of excellence during the glory days of racing. The famed racetrack survived a devastating fire in 1985, reopening four years later to worldwide acclaim. Over the decades, Arlington has played host to some of the most famous horses, jockeys, trainers, and owners in the sport of kings. Arlington is also home to the world's first million-dollar race--the renowned Arlington Million--and is the only Windy City racetrack to have hosted the Breeders' Cup Championships.
Author: Ted McClelland Publisher: Chicago Review Press ISBN: 155652675X Category : Games & Activities Languages : en Pages : 283
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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 horseplayer as he gambles with his book advance using various betting and handicapping strategies along the way. A colourful cast of characters is introduced, including the intensely disciplined Scott McMannis, "The Professor," a one-time 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 realistic look at gamblers, gambling, and life at the track.
Author: Gerald R. Gems Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 1498598986 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 315
Book Description
This study uses sociological and historical methodologies to analyze the role of sport in the formation of urban identity in Chicago. The author traces the transformation of Chicago from a frontier town to a commercial behemoth, examining its role as an immigration, transportation, and entertainment hub. The author argues that, as a pioneering leader in American sport history, Chicago allowed teams and athletes to forge a unique national and global identity. This thorough and well-researched study makes a major contribution to debates on the social and psychological functions of sport culture.
Author: David Hoekstra Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 0470042079 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 386
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Five Great Features and Benefits offered ONLY by The Unofficial Guide: Information that's candid, critical, and totally objective ; Hotels reviewed and ranked for value and quality--plus secrets for getting the lowest possible rate ; More than 70 restaurants reviewed and profiled, with listings for dozens more ; A complete guide to Chicago's sights--museums, architecture, ethnic neighborhoods, and more ; The inside story on shopping--where to get the best for less, on and off the Magnificent Mile.
Author: Leonardo Guzzardo Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 0595347460 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 230
Book Description
Like in Sicilians Don't Cry, Sicilians Don't Cry II using the expression, will take you on a roller coaster ride like you have never been on before. It will make you laugh, make you cry, and pray that what happens to my twin brother Giovanni Guzzardo and I never happens to you. And again I want to state that I have lived one of the most bizarre, wildest, dangerous and tragic life any human being could have ever lived. I have been stabbed and shot before, damn near beaten to death by people with baseball bats, and being Catholic received my last rites two times. In my life I made a lot of big money, blew a lot of big money, did a lot of gambling, drank a lot of alcohol, did a lot of drugs, and from becoming a normal sex addict, I became a hardcore sadist and masochist sex addict.
Author: Patrick D. Tanzillo Publisher: ISBN: 9781682896594 Category : Games Languages : en Pages : 68
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Mr. Tanzillo was born and raised on the North West side of Chicago. He went to Maywood Park and watched the Trotter's as a boy. He studied the history of Thoroughbred Racing and Handicapping for many years before placing his first wager. With the amount of time he studied he feels he's earned a PHD in Handicapping. His all-time favorite Jockey is the Late great Eddie 'The Master' Arcaro. His current favorite Jockey's are the Legendary Gary Stevens and of the new Breed 'Smokin' Joe Talamo. His favorite Trainers are Richard Mandella, Philip D'Amato, Mike Puype & Peter Miller. His favorite race tracks are Del Mar, where the 'Surf meets the Turf', Santa Anita Park and 'Big Sandy' Belmont Park.
Author: Kimberly A. Rinker
Author: Kimberly A. Rinker
Author: Kimberly A. Rinker
Author: Steven A. Riess
Author: Kimberly A. Rinker
Author: Ted McClelland
Author: Gerald R. Gems
Author: David Hoekstra
Author: Leonardo Guzzardo
Author: Patrick D. Tanzillo
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