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

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The Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime Sports and Entertainment Steven A. Riess, Series Editor Other titles in Sports and Entertainment Abel Kiviat, National Champion: Twentieth-Century Track & Field and the Melting Pot Alan S. Katchen Anything for a T-Shirt: Fred Lebow and the New York City Marathon, the World’s Greatest Footrace Ron Rubin Blacks at the Net: Black Achievement in the History of Tennis, Two Volumes Sundiata Djata Fair Dealing and Clean Playing: The Hilldale Club and the Development of Black Professional Baseball, 1910–1932 Neil Lanctot Glory Bound: Black Athletes in a White America David K. Wiggins Great Women in the Sport of Kings: America’s Top Women Jockeys Tell Their Stories Scooter Toby Davidson and Valerie Anthony, eds. Muscle and Manliness: The Rise of Sport in American Boarding Schools Axel Bundgaard The New Cathedrals: Politics and Media in the History of Stadium Construction Robert C. Trumpbour Shaping College Football: The Transformation of an American Sport, 1919–1930 Raymond Schmidt Sports and the American Jew Steven A. Riess, ed. ...