The Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime: Horse Racing, Politics, and Organized Crime in New York 1865--1913

by Steven A. Riess

Thoroughbred racing was one of the first major sports in early America. Horse racing thrived because it was a high-status sport that attracted the interest of both old and new money. It grew because spectators enjoyed the pageantry, the exciting races, and, most of all, the gambling. As the sport became a national industry, the New York metropolitan area, along with the resort towns of Saratoga Springs (New York) and Long Branch (New Jersey), remained...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081560985X
• ISBN13: 9780815609858
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 446 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.3" x 10.3"