The Racing Game

by Marvin Scott

Book Overview

This study of a unique social world probes beneath the thrill and spectacle of horse racing into the lives of the "honest boys," the "gyps," the "manipulators," the "stoops," and the "Chalk eaters"--the constituents of race track society and the players of the racing game. With scientific precision and journalistic vigor, Scott describes the everyday activities--the objectives and strategies--of those whose lives are organized around track proceedings...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 020230809X
• ISBN13: 9780202308098
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 9.0"