The Gambler and the Bug Boy: 1939 Los Angeles and the Untold Story of a Horse Racing Fix

by John Christgau

Book Overview

"Scandal on the Turf " the Los Angeles Times proclaimed. It was October 1940, a mere few months after Seabiscuit had won the Santa Anita Derby, and now this bombshell: "Six Jockeys Admit Horse Races Fixed." The Gambler and the Bug Boy recounts this dark chapter in horse racing history. At its center is Bernard "Big" Mooney, a flashy L.A. bookmaker who began his seedy career by threatening young jockeys with death if they didn't "pull" their horses...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803211228
• ISBN13: 9780803211223
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"